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System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. HarperDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Typesense

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperUltra-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.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.harperdb.ioterminusdb.comtypesense.org
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.harperdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#typesense.org/­docs
DeveloperChris DavisHarperDBDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2006201720182015
Current release3.1, August 202111.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonNode.jsProlog, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyes 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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (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
JavaScript
Python
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedJournaling StreamsMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control

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