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System Properties Comparison NebulaGraph vs. QuestDB vs. RDF4J vs. Sequoiadb vs. SurrealDB

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NameNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRDF storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
questdb.iordf4j.orgwww.sequoiadb.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.ioquestdb.io/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentationwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperVesoft Inc.QuestDB Technology IncSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Sequoiadb Ltd.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20192014200420132022
Current releasev1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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 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.noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
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
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
proprietary protocol using JSONGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesJavaScript
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedDocument is locked during a transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnosimple password-based access controlyes, based on authentication and database rules
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NebulaGraphQuestDBRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSequoiadbSurrealDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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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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