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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. HarperDB vs. Heroic vs. HugeGraph vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. HarperDB vs. Heroic vs. HugeGraph vs. LokiJS

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.harperdb.io/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroichugegraph.apache.org/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAmazonHarperDBSpotifyBaidu
Initial release20122017201420182014
Current release3.1, August 20210.9
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noasynchronous Gremlin script jobsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononovia hugegraph-sparkyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoedges in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesAccess rights for users and rolesUsers, roles and permissionsno

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