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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EJDB vs. EsgynDB vs. HarperDB vs. PouchDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionUltra-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 modelGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.esgyn.cnwww.harperdb.iopouchdb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.harperdb.io/­docspouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.SoftmotionsEsgynHarperDBApache Software Foundation
Initial release20162012201520172012
Current release3.1, August 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2commercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCC++, JavaNode.jsJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-lessLinuxLinux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
in-process shared libraryADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.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 proceduresnonoJava Stored ProceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1View functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingA 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 nodesSynchronous replication via RaftnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes 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 methodsnonoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, 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 controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesno

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