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DBMS > Dgraph vs. HarperDB vs. Hypertable vs. RavenDB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. HarperDB vs. Hypertable vs. RavenDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSUltra-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 open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeWide column storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.harperdb.ioravendb.netterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsravendb.net/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.HarperDBHypertable Inc.Hibernating RhinosDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20162017200920102018
Current release3.1, August 20210.9.8.11, March 20165.4, July 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoNode.jsC++C#Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesnonoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query language (RQL)SQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
C++ API
Thrift
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.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
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyesyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users and rolesnoAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseRole-based access control

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