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DBMS > etcd vs. eXtremeDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NebulaGraph vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison etcd vs. eXtremeDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NebulaGraph vs. Sphinx

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Nameetcd  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA distributed reliable key-value storeNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA multi-model DBMS and application serverA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websiteetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.mcobject.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
sphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
www.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.intersystems.comdocs.nebula-graph.iosphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperMcObjectInterSystemsVesoft Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2001199720192001
Current release3.4, August 20198.2, 20212018.1.4, May 20203.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availableyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoNebula 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 infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JSON over HTTP
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes, watching key changesyes infoby defining eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Active Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesRole-based access controlno
More information provided by the system vendor
etcdeXtremeDBInterSystems CachéNebulaGraphSphinx
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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