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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Nebula Graph vs. VoltDB

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Name

Description

A multi-model DBMS and application server

A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS

Distributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS

Used for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory

Primary database model

Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS

Graph DBMS

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store

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Score	3.01
Rank	#104	Overall
	#19	Key-value stores
	#1	Object oriented DBMS
	#53	Relational DBMS

Score	1.10
Rank	#169	Overall
	#15	Graph DBMS

Score	1.60
Rank	#142	Overall
	#69	Relational DBMS

Website

www.intersystems.com/products/cache

github.com/vesoft-inc/nebula
nebula-graph.io

www.voltdb.com

Technical documentation

docs.intersystems.com

docs.nebula-graph.io

docs.voltdb.com

Developer

InterSystems

Vesoft Inc.

VoltDB Inc.

Initial release

1997

2019

2010

Current release

2018.1.4, May 2020

11.3, April 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0

Open Source

AGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C++

Java, C++

Server operating systems

AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

Linux

Linux
OS X

for development

Data scheme

depending on used data model

Strong typed schema

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

Nebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

yes

only a subset of SQL 99

APIs and other access methods

.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

Browser interface
console (shell)
Proprietary native API
Query language nGQL

Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

C#
C++
Java

C++
Go
Java
Python

C#
C++
Erlang

not officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript

Node.js
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Java

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

Causal Clustering using Raft protocol

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

FOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Transactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Data access is serialized by the server

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using RocksDB

yes

Snapshots and command logging

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users, groups and roles

Role-based access control

Users and roles with access to stored procedures

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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