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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Geode vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Geode vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. YottaDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesUltra-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.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Trend Chart
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitedgraph.iogeode.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Originally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.HarperDBKineticaYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20162002201720122001
Current release1.1, February 20173.1, August 20217.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaNode.jsC, C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
LinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
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
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeAtomic execution of specific operationsnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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