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System Properties Comparison NebulaGraph vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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Name

Description

A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS

Key-Value Store with special method for indexing

optimized for high performance using a special indexing method

An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage

Cloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets

Primary database model

Graph DBMS

Key-value store

Vector DBMS

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Score	2.14
Rank	#120	Overall
	#10	Graph DBMS

Score	0.04
Rank	#360	Overall
	#52	Key-value stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#382	Overall
	#59	Key-value stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#13	Vector DBMS

Website

github.com/vesoft-inc/nebula
www.nebula-graph.io

github.com/STSSoft/STSdb4

swaydb.simer.au

www.transwarp.cn/en/subproduct/hippo

Technical documentation

docs.nebula-graph.io

Developer

Vesoft Inc.

STS Soft SC

Simer Plaha

Initial release

2019

2011

2018

2023

Current release

4.0.8, September 2015

1.0, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0

Open Source

GPLv2, commercial license available

Open Source

GNU Affero GPL V3.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C++

Scala

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

Windows

Linux
macOS

Data scheme

Strong typed schema

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

primitive types and user defined types (classes)

Vector, Numeric and String

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

Nebula 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.

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis

ORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL

.NET Client API

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python

C#
Java

Java
Kotlin
Scala

C++
Java
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Causal Clustering using Raft protocol

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Atomic execution of operations

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using RocksDB

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Role-based access control

Role based access control and fine grained access rights

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Specific characteristics

NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantages

NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenarios

Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customers

Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metrics

At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing models

NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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Recent citations in the news

Vesoft (NebulaGraph) Recognized in the Gartner® Market Guide for Graph Database Management Systems
15 November 2023, PR Newswire

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16 September 2022, TechCrunch

NebulaGraph Completes Series A to Scale Its Distributed Graph Database
16 September 2022, Datanami

NebulaGraph Enterprise v5.0: The First Distributed Graph Database to Offer Native GQL Support
18 April 2024, IT News Online

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