DataStax Enterprise vs Huawei Graph Engine Service
Both are property graph databases queried with Gremlin. DataStax Enterprise (2016-04, Proprietary, Java) ranks #50 this month; Huawei Graph Engine Service (2017-12, Proprietary, C++) ranks #87.
| Attribute | DataStax Enterprise | Huawei Graph Engine Service |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #50 | #87 |
| Score | 49.9 | 40.8 |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Popularity | 64.0 | 58.1 |
| Activity | — | — |
| Community | 35.3 | 43.0 |
| Research | 49.8 | — |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A property graph database built on Apache Cassandra, forked from the Titan graph database. Uses TinkerPop for graph traversal and includes DataStax Studio for interactive querying and visualization. | A fully managed cloud graph database service built on Huawei's EYWA kernel. Supports graphs with tens of billions of vertices with built-in graph algorithms for path finding, community detection, and link prediction. |
| Vendor | IBM | Huawei Cloud |
| Model | Property Graph | Property Graph |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Established | Enterprise |
| First released | 2016-04 | 2017-12 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Written in | Java | C++ |
| Query languages | Gremlin, CQL | Gremlin, openCypher |
| gdotv support | yes | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Huawei Graph Engine Service
| Feature | DataStax Enterprise | Huawei Graph Engine Service |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | — |
| Commercial support | ✓ | — |
| Live community | 0.25 | — |
| Open Source | · | — |
| Pricing | · | — |
| Trendiness | 0.25 | — |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | ✓ | — |
| Work as dedicated instance | ✓ | — |
| Work as embedded | · | — |
| Testing in-memory version | · | — |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | ✓ | — |
| Operating on Windows | 0.5 | — |
| SaaS offering | ✓ | — |
| Operations | ||
| Automatic updates | · | — |
| Client side caching | · | — |
| Data versioning support | · | — |
| Live backups | ✓ | — |
| Distribution | ||
| Cluster Re-balancing | ✓ | — |
| Data Distribution | ✓ | — |
| High-Availability | ✓ | — |
| Query Distribution | ✓ | — |
| Replication support | ✓ | — |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | ✓ | — |
| Logging/Auditing | ✓ | — |
| Object-Graph Mapper | ✓ | — |
| Reactive programming | · | — |
| Documentation up-to-date | 0.5 | — |
| Binary protocol | ✓ | — |
| CLI | ✓ | — |
| GUI | ✓ | — |
| Data Model | ||
| Multi-database | · | — |
| Graph-native data | · | — |
| REST API | · | — |
| Query Language | ✓ | — |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | · | — |
| Multiple isolation levels | · | — |
| Read committed transaction | · | — |
| Transaction support | · | — |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | ✓ | — |
| Schema support | ✓ | — |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | — |
| Server side procedures | · | — |
| Triggers | ✓ | — |
| Authentication | ✓ | — |
| Authorization | ✓ | — |
| Data encryption | ✓ | — |
Links
- DataStax Enterprise · website · full profile
- Huawei Graph Engine Service · website · full profile