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DBMS > AnzoGraph DB vs. HarperDB vs. openGauss vs. PostgreSQL vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. HarperDB vs. openGauss vs. PostgreSQL vs. SQL.JS

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationUltra-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.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
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Score0.29
Rank#303  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score636.25
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographwww.harperdb.iogitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
www.postgresql.orgsql.js.org
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
www.postgresql.org/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsHarperDBHuawei and openGauss communityPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2018201720191989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL2012
Current release2.3, January 20213.1, August 20213.0, March 202216.3, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC, C++, JavaCJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
LinuxFreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportdynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.SQL-like data manipulation statementsANSI SQL 2011yes infostandard with numerous extensionsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
.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
C
C++
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.no
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)partitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusteryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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