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DBMS > HarperDB vs. SQL.JS vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. SQL.JS vs. Transbase

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  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.Port of SQLite to JavaScriptA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.57
Rank#248  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#337  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iosql.js.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperHarperDBAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release201720121987
Current release3.1, August 2021Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Sourcecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
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
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDBno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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