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System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
objectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.objectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesVesoft Inc.ObjectBox LimitedAlessandro Furieri
Initial release1994201920172008
Current release4.4, October 20215.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++C and C++C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
LinuxAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesyes
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.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 SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
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
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlyesno
More information provided by the system vendor
mSQL infoMini SQLNebulaGraphObjectBoxSpatiaLite
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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