HarperDB currently uses Express for our internal API, but we're ripping it out and replacing it with Fastify. Our internal benchmarks say this will increase API performance by at least 50%, but we're hoping for double that.
So, @chadalen
, I get it- there are certainly newer, faster frameworks for Node APIs, but Express, along with MEAN and MERN stacks, are far more widely deployed and familiar to most developers... and I don't even know how I would begin to pronounce HFRN.
As for us not being open source, I defer to @stephengoldberg
, who answered at length below.
I will say that I don't know of any open source database that offers the features, performance, support, and infrastructure that HarperDB does- especially with a free tier... MongoDB just had to change their license to ensure their SaaS offering can generate sustainable revenue, after all.
"I will say that I don't know of any open source database that offers the features, performance, support, and infrastructure that HarperDB does"
Not trying to bash on HarperDB but have you heard of PostgreSQL? If I wanted support/infrastructure I would use either AWS RDS or DigitalOcean's Managed Databases. Both are much cheaper than yours. Why should I use HarperDB over those?
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HarperDB currently uses Express for our internal API, but we're ripping it out and replacing it with Fastify. Our internal benchmarks say this will increase API performance by at least 50%, but we're hoping for double that.
So, @chadalen , I get it- there are certainly newer, faster frameworks for Node APIs, but Express, along with MEAN and MERN stacks, are far more widely deployed and familiar to most developers... and I don't even know how I would begin to pronounce HFRN.
As for us not being open source, I defer to @stephengoldberg , who answered at length below.
I will say that I don't know of any open source database that offers the features, performance, support, and infrastructure that HarperDB does- especially with a free tier... MongoDB just had to change their license to ensure their SaaS offering can generate sustainable revenue, after all.
"I will say that I don't know of any open source database that offers the features, performance, support, and infrastructure that HarperDB does"
Not trying to bash on HarperDB but have you heard of PostgreSQL? If I wanted support/infrastructure I would use either AWS RDS or DigitalOcean's Managed Databases. Both are much cheaper than yours. Why should I use HarperDB over those?
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