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System Properties Comparison Badger vs. FileMaker vs. HarperDB vs. PouchDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Ultra-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.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
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Score0.20
Rank#325  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.harperdb.iopouchdb.com
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docspouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperDGraph LabsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHarperDBApache Software Foundation
Initial release2017198320172012
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.1, August 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoNode.jsJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesno
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoPHP.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
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1View functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes 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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users and rolesno

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