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System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. GigaSpaces vs. HarperDB vs. PostgreSQL

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsUltra-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.Widely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.23
Rank#307  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographwww.gigaspaces.comwww.harperdb.iowww.postgresql.org
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.postgresql.org/­docs
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsGigaspaces TechnologiesHarperDBPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developer
Initial release2018200020171989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL
Current release2.3, January 202115.5, September 20203.1, August 202116.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetNode.jsC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.SQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes infostandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.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
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.
Triggersnoyes, event driven architecturenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterpartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hash
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-ClusterMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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