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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. PostGIS vs. Tigris

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHarperDB 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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.55
Rank#243  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#359  Overall
#50  Document stores
#52  Key-value stores
#23  Search engines
#37  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iopostgis.netwww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docspostgis.net/­documentationwww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperHarperDBTigris Data, Inc.
Initial release201720052022
Current release3.1, August 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful 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
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesno
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 PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
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 datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and roles

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