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System Properties Comparison NebulaGraph vs. PouchDB vs. RisingWave vs. Teradata Aster

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NameNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
pouchdb.comwww.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iopouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperVesoft Inc.Apache Software FoundationRisingWave LabsTeradata
Initial release2019201220222005
Current release7.1.1, June 20191.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.nononoyes infoin Aster File Store
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.yes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyesyes
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
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptUDFs in Python or JavaR packages
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoUsers and Rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
NebulaGraphPouchDBRisingWaveTeradata Aster
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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