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System Properties Comparison NebulaGraph vs. Pinecone vs. Sadas Engine vs. TinkerGraph

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NameNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector databaseSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelGraph DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.pinecone.iowww.sadasengine.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperVesoft Inc.Pinecone Systems, IncSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2019201920062009
Current release8.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialcommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Booleanyesyes
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 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.yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyesno
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
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Python.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
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NebulaGraphPineconeSadas EngineTinkerGraph
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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