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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. PostGIS vs. RDFox

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.harperdb.iopostgis.netwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperHarperDBOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release201720052017
Current release3.1, August 20213.4.2, February 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusteryes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infobased on PostgreSQLreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes infobased on PostgreSQLRoles, resources, and access types

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