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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. Hypertable vs. Lovefield vs. Machbase Neo vs. NebulaGraph

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionUltra-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.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iogoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmachbase.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmachbase.com/­dbmsdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperHarperDBHypertable Inc.GoogleMachbaseVesoft Inc.
Initial release20172009201420132019
Current release3.1, August 20210.9.8.11, March 20162.1.12, February 2017V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++JavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
C++ API
Thrift
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
Supported programming languages.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++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nononouser defined functions
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor on file system levelnoneselectable replication factorCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databasenoyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByes infovolatile and lookup tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnonosimple password-based access controlRole-based access control
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HarperDBHypertableLovefieldMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxNebulaGraph
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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