Alibaba GDB vs Dgraph
Both are property graph databases. Alibaba GDB (2019-03, Proprietary) ranks #109 this month; Dgraph (2015, Apache-2.0, Go) ranks #3. They differ on 23 of 46 surveyed features.
| Attribute |  Alibaba GDB |  Dgraph |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #109 | #3 |
| Score | 33.1 | 66.5 |
| GitHub stars | — | 21.8k |
| Popularity | — | 76.7 |
| Activity | — | 78.5 |
| Community | 31.0 | 67.3 |
| Research | 50.4 | 57.7 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A managed cloud graph database service on Alibaba Cloud, using the property graph model with TinkerPop support. Provides ACID transactions and horizontal scalability. Also available as TuGraph in open-source form. | A distributed graph database with horizontal scaling and ACID transactions. Uses its own query language (DQL) derived from GraphQL, with automatic shard rebalancing across cluster nodes. |
| Vendor | Alibaba Cloud | Istari |
| Model | Property Graph | Property Graph |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| First released | 2019-03 | 2015 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | Proprietary | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | — | Go |
| Query languages | — | DQL, GraphQL |
| gdotv support | yes | yes |
Feature scores 23 of 46 rows differ
| Feature | Alibaba GDB | Dgraph |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | ✓ |
| Commercial support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live community | · | 0.5 |
| 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 | · | ✓ |
| SaaS offering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operations | ||
| Automatic updates | ✓ | · |
| Client side caching | · | · |
| Data versioning support | · | · |
| Live backups | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distribution | ||
| Cluster Re-balancing | · | ✓ |
| Data Distribution | · | ✓ |
| High-Availability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Query Distribution | 0.5 | ✓ |
| Replication support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | · | ✓ |
| Logging/Auditing | ✓ | 0.5 |
| 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 | 0.5 | · |
| Schema support | 0.5 | ✓ |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | · | · |
| Triggers | · | · |
| Authentication | ✓ | ✓ |
| Authorization | · | ✓ |
| Data encryption | · | ✓ |
Links
- Alibaba GDB · website · full profile
- Dgraph · website · github · full profile