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DBMS > mSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. SpatiaLite vs. TimescaleDB vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. SpatiaLite vs. TimescaleDB vs. Titan

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSSpatial extension of SQLiteA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score4.06
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexwww.timescale.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmldocs.timescale.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesVesoft Inc.Alessandro FurieriTimescaleAurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release19942019200820172012
Current release4.4, October 20215.0.0, August 20202.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++C++CJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linuxserver-lessLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data typesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes 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.yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query languageyesyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Browser 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
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributesyes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyesyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server
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mSQL infoMini SQLNebulaGraphSpatiaLiteTimescaleDBTitan
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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