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System Properties Comparison NebulaGraph vs. Spark SQL vs. TerarkDB vs. TigerGraph vs. XTDB

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NameNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSDocument store
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Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
spark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iospark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcdocs.tigergraph.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperVesoft Inc.Apache Software FoundationByteDance, originally TerarkJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20192014201620172019
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availablecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaC++C++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeStrong typed schemayesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nonononono
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.nonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)limited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
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
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
C++
Java
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyesno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnonenoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnonoRole-based access control
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NebulaGraphSpark SQLTerarkDBTigerGraphXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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