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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. Newts vs. PlanetScale vs. Quasardb

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  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.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.Time Series DBMS based on CassandraScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of VitessDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Document storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.harperdb.ioopennms.github.io/­newtsplanetscale.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiplanetscale.com/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperGoogleHarperDBOpenNMS GroupPlanetScalequasardb
Initial release20152017201420202009
Current release3.1, August 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageNode.jsJavaGoC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesnoyesnoyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.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
JavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyes infoproprietary syntaxno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infobased on CassandraShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID at shard levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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