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DBMS > NebulaGraph vs. OpenQM vs. RDF4J vs. Splice Machine vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison NebulaGraph vs. OpenQM vs. RDF4J vs. Splice Machine vs. TerarkDB

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NameNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Open-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelGraph DBMSMultivalue DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.54
Rank#252  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmrdf4j.orgsplicemachine.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iordf4j.org/­documentationsplicemachine.com/­how-it-worksbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperVesoft Inc.Rocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Splice MachineByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20191993200420142016
Current release3.4-123.1, March 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemayes infowith some exceptionsyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyes 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.yesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsBrowser 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
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyesyes infoJavano
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesnoneShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoYes, via Full Spark Integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
NebulaGraphOpenQM infoalso called QMRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSplice MachineTerarkDB
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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