NebulaGraph vs Google Cloud Spanner Graph
Both are property graph databases. NebulaGraph (2019-05, Apache-2.0, C++) ranks #35 this month; Google Cloud Spanner Graph (2024-08, Proprietary, C++) ranks #33.
| Attribute | NebulaGraph | Google Cloud Spanner Graph |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #35 | #33 |
| Score | 50.4 | 51.0 |
| GitHub stars | 12.5k | — |
| Popularity | 75.5 | 50.2 |
| Activity | 34.6 | 49.9 |
| Community | 37.9 | 53.8 |
| Research | 52.8 | 50.0 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A distributed property graph database with separated storage and computation layers, enabling horizontal scaling. Uses a custom SQL-like query language (nGQL) and supports ACID transactions. | A graph layer within Google Cloud Spanner that enables property graph queries over relational data using GQL and SQL/PGQ. Inherits Spanner's global distribution, strong consistency, and ACID transactions. |
| Vendor | Vesoft | |
| Model | Property Graph | Property Graph |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Established | Enterprise |
| First released | 2019-05 | 2024-08 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary |
| Written in | C++ | C++ |
| Query languages | nGQL | GQL, SQL/PGQ |
| gdotv support | no | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Google Cloud Spanner Graph
| Feature | NebulaGraph | Google Cloud Spanner Graph |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | — |
| Commercial support | ✓ | — |
| Live community | ✓ | — |
| Open Source | ✓ | — |
| Pricing | · | — |
| Trendiness | · | — |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | ✓ | — |
| Work as dedicated instance | ✓ | — |
| Work as embedded | · | — |
| Testing in-memory version | · | — |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | ✓ | — |
| Operating on Windows | 0.5 | — |
| SaaS offering | 0.5 | — |
| 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 | ✓ | — |
| Binary protocol | ✓ | — |
| CLI | ✓ | — |
| GUI | ✓ | — |
| Data Model | ||
| Multi-database | · | — |
| Graph-native data | ✓ | — |
| REST API | 0.5 | — |
| 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
- NebulaGraph · website · github · full profile
- Google Cloud Spanner Graph · website · full profile