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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. HBase vs. Interbase vs. MonetDB vs. PouchDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandA relational database management system that stores data in columnsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphhbase.apache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.monetdb.orgpouchdb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetEmbarcaderoMonetDB BVApache Software Foundation
Initial release20162008198420042012
Current release2.1, December 20182.3.4, January 2021InterBase 2020, December 2019Dec2023 (11.49), December 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaCCJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesno
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.nonono infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes, in SQL, C, RView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnoneSharding via remote tablesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Interbase Change Viewsnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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