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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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Name

Description

HarperDB takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology.

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors

Distributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture

Primary database model

Document store

Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

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Score	0.55
Rank	#243	Overall
	#38	Document stores

Score	0.44
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores

Score	1.08
Rank	#179	Overall
	#6	Object oriented DBMS
	#9	Vector DBMS

Score	0.04
Rank	#361	Overall
	#153	Relational DBMS

Website

www.harperdb.io

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

github.com/objectbox
objectbox.io

www.transwarp.cn/en/product/argodb

Technical documentation

docs.harperdb.io/docs

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

docs.objectbox.io

docs.transwarp.cn/#/documents-support/docs?category=ARGODB

Developer

HarperDB

ObjectBox Limited

Transwarp

Initial release

2017

2014

2017

Current release

3.1, August 2021

4.0 (May 2024)

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

free community edition available

Open Source

Bindings are released under Apache 2.0

Apache License 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Node.js

JavaScript

C and C++

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows

Data scheme

dynamic schema

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

JSON data types

yes, plus "flex" map-like types

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like data manipulation statements

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket

JavaScript API

Proprietary native API

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

JavaScript

C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Custom Functions

since release 3.1

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

A table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

the nodes on which a table resides can be defined

none

Data sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

Atomic execution of specific operations

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes, using LMDB

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

yes

More information provided by the system vendor

News

MongoDB Realm & Device Sync alternatives – ObjectBox
17 September 2024

Local AI – what it is and why we need it
11 September 2024

First on-device Vector Database (aka Semantic Index) for iOS
24 July 2024

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with vector databases: Expanding AI Capabilities
18 June 2024

The on-device Vector Database for Android and Java
29 May 2024

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DB-Engines blog posts

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Recent citations in the news

HarperDB Attracts Significant Growth Investment from Serent Capital
12 June 2024, Business Wire

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11 September 2024, PR Newswire

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10 September 2024, Defense Innovation Unit

Serent Capital invests in software firm HarperDB
12 June 2024, PE Hub

HarperDB Receives Growth Investment from Serent Capital
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