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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. NuoDB vs. PlanetScale vs. PostGIS vs. TempoIQ

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be 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.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of VitessSpatial extension of PostgreSQLScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#155  Overall
#72  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseplanetscale.compostgis.nettempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdoc.nuodb.complanetscale.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperHarperDBDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.PlanetScaleTempoIQ
Initial release20172013202020052012
Current release3.1, August 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++GoC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
HTTP 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
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Java, SQLyes infoproprietary syntaxuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infotunable commit protocolACID at shard levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyesyes
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 infoTemporary tableyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesyes infobased on PostgreSQLsimple authentication-based access control

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