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DBMS > HugeGraph vs. OpenSearch vs. PostGIS vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison HugeGraph vs. OpenSearch vs. PostGIS vs. SQL.JS

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NameHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneSpatial extension of PostgreSQLPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelGraph DBMSSearch engineSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
github.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
postgis.netsql.js.org
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docsopensearch.org/­docs/­latestpostgis.net/­documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperBaiduAmazon Web ServicesAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2018202120052012
Current release0.92.5.0, January 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoedges in graphnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsyes infobased on PostgreSQLno
More information provided by the system vendor
HugeGraphOpenSearchPostGISSQL.JS
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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