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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.comwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbpostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperHarperDBKineticaPercona
Initial release2017201220152005
Current release3.1, August 20217.1, August 20213.4.10-2.10, November 20173.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC, C++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
proprietary protocol using JSON
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
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsJavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infovia In-Memory Engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAccess rights for users and rolesyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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