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DBMS > MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. QuestDB vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. QuestDB vs. Transbase

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#355  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
questdb.iowww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.nebula-graph.ioquestdb.io/­docswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperMonetDB BVVesoft Inc.QuestDB Technology IncTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2004201920141987
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC and C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
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.noyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
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
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
MonetDBNebulaGraphQuestDBTransbase
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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