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System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. Pinecone

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score4.85
Rank#81  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score3.36
Rank#103  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20012019
Current release2.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyes
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modeshosted
Data schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Boolean
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQL
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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