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DBMS > HarperDB vs. InfluxDB vs. Linter vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. InfluxDB vs. Linter vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. TerminusDB

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
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.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsRDBMS for high security requirementsDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewlinter.ruazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperHarperDBrelex.ruMicrosoftDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20172013199020102018
Current release3.1, August 20212.7.6, April 2024V1211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageNode.jsGoC and C++C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
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
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLTransact SQLyes
Triggersnonoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlySource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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HarperDBInfluxDBLinterMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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