DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > HBase vs. HyperSQL vs. Quasardb vs. Teradata Aster vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. HyperSQL vs. Quasardb vs. Teradata Aster vs. TinkerGraph

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBDistributed, high-performance timeseries databasePlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orghsqldb.orgquasar.aitinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetquasardbTeradata
Initial release20082001200920052009
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.7.2, June 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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.nononoyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infowith tagsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJava, SQLnoR packagesno
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnowith Hadoop integrationyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
HBaseHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBQuasardbTeradata AsterTinkerGraph
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloudera's HBase PaaS offering now supports Complex Transactions
11 August 2021,  Krishna Maheshwari (sponsor) 

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

HyperSQL DataBase flaw leaves library vulnerable to RCE
24 October 2022, The Daily Swig

Introduction to JDBC with HSQLDB tutorial
14 November 2022, TheServerSide.com

provided by Google News

Record quasar is most luminous object in the universe
20 February 2024, EarthSky

Quasar Partners with PTC to Empower IoT Customers with High-Performance Data Solutions
11 September 2023, Datanami

Meet the NiceGUI: Your Soon-to-be Favorite Python UI Library
16 April 2024, Towards Data Science

QUASAR yacht (Bilgin, 46.8m, 2016)
3 July 2023, Boat International

Quasar Selected by National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Help with Energy System De-risking and Optimization
6 June 2023, PR Newswire

provided by Google News

Northwestern Analytics Partners with Teradata Aster to Host Hackathon
23 May 2014, Northwestern Engineering

Teradata Aster gets graph database, HDFS-compatible file store
8 October 2013, ZDNet

Teradata Provides the Simplest Way to Bring the Science of Data to the Art of Business
22 September 2011, PR Newswire

Teradata's Aster shows how the flowers of fraud bloom
23 April 2015, The Register

Case study: Siemens reduces train failures with Teradata Aster
12 September 2016, RCR Wireless News

provided by Google News

Automated testing of Amazon Neptune data access with Apache TinkerPop Gremlin | Amazon Web Services
28 September 2022, AWS Blog

Simple Deployment of a Graph Database: JanusGraph | by Edward Elson Kosasih
12 October 2020, Towards Data Science

Why developers like Apache TinkerPop, an open source framework for graph computing | Amazon Web Services
27 September 2021, AWS Blog

InfiniteGraph Gets Support for Common Graph Database Language and More
21 February 2012, SiliconANGLE News

Introducing Gremlin query hints for Amazon Neptune | AWS Database Blog
26 February 2019, AWS Blog

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here