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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. OrientDB vs. Riak KV vs. SQream DB

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  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.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Distributed, fault tolerant key-value storea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesRelational DBMS
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Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisorientdb.orgsqream.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperHarperDBInterSystemsOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesSQream Technologies
Initial release20172018201020092017
Current release3.1, August 20212023.3, June 20233.2.29, March 20243.2.0, December 20222022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsJavaErlangC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemadepending on used data modelschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesyesyesnoyes, ANSI Standard SQL 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesrestrictedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesSQL-like query language, no joinsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
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
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesJava, JavascriptErlanguser defined functions in Python
TriggersnoyesHooksyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"horizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationship in graphsno infolinks between data sets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyesAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes, using Riak Security
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