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DBMS > HBase vs. HugeGraph vs. PostgreSQL vs. RDFox vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. HugeGraph vs. PostgreSQL vs. RDFox vs. TimescaleDB

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelWide column storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Graph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score636.25
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.postgresql.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docswww.postgresql.org/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBaiduPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerOxford Semantic TechnologiesTimescale
Initial release200820181989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL20172017
Current release2.3.4, January 20210.916.3, May 20246.0, Septermber 20222.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSDcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Unix
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yes
Secondary indexesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Groovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javaasynchronous Gremlin script jobsuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.user defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasepartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsreplication via a shared file systemSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesvia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRoles, resources, and access typesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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