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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. GraphDB vs. HarperDB vs. MonetDB vs. PieCloudDB

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Enterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.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.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score3.32
Rank#91  Overall
#6  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#304  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.ontotext.comwww.harperdb.iowww.monetdb.orgwww.openpie.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperGoogleOntotextHarperDBMonetDB BVOpenPie
Initial release2015200020172004
Current release10.4, October 20233.1, August 2021Dec2023 (11.49), December 20232.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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 indexesnoyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnostored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
GeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
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
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnowell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding via remote tablesyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoConstraint checkingnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Default Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.Access rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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Google Cloud BigtableGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMHarperDBMonetDBPieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesGraphDB allows you to link text and data in big knowledge graphs. It’s easy to experiment...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGraphDB Free is a non-commercial version and is free to use. GraphDB Enterprise edition...
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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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