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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. PouchDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Spark SQL

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  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.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iopouchdb.comwww.sadasengine.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docspouchdb.com/­guideswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperHarperDBApache Software FoundationSADAS s.r.l.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2017201220062014
Current release3.1, August 20217.1.1, June 20198.03.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsJavaScriptC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesnoyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
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.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1View functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungehorizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno

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