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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. ScyllaDB vs. SiteWhere vs. TigerGraph

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  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.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.scylladb.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperHarperDBScyllaDBSiteWhere
Initial release2017201520102017
Current release3.1, August 2021ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freepredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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 infocluster global secondary indicesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)noSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
HTTP RESTGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON 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
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes, Luayes
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tablesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptRole-based access control
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Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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