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System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. NebulaGraph vs. XTDB vs. YDB

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queriesA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
github.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.xtdb.com/­docsydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperKineticaVesoft Inc.Juxt Ltd.Yandex
Initial release2012201920192019
Current release7.1, August 20211.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++C++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Linux
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemaschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation formatyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes 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.yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache CalciteSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
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
HTTP REST
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Clojure
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes, each node contains all dataActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelRole-based access controlAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
More information provided by the system vendor
KineticaNebulaGraphXTDB infoformerly named CruxYDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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