HelixDB
Data
graph database
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How HN took it
3 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Pricing: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good performance benchmarks and comparison to other graph databases
From 1 comment
Currently #5 on gdb-engines.com - definitely worth a look.
cjlm on HN
Interesting approach to object-storage-backed graph scaling
From 1 comment
What kinds of graph shapes or query patterns do you feel are the worst case for object storage?
thedreammachine on HN
Objections
Source code for the database is not public; repo contains only a client
From 1 comment
Where's the source code for the database itself? Looks like the repo is just a client. Congrats on the launch!
caust1c on HN
Cloud tier pricing seems high for experimentation
From 1 comment
congrats on the launch! site and docs look great. can you host this yourself or do you need to use helix-cloud? the chat thing on the side seems to push me to helix-cloud but it…
rgbrgb on HN
Cold-storage latency on deep multi-hop queries
From 2 comments
We've been having some issues with intermittent performance on multi hop queries. What's your p99 like for multi hops?
mentioum on HNOLAP queries, deep multi-hops where latency is a priority. As long as the sub-graph you're trying to hop is cached, then there's no problem or latency issues. However, if you…
GeorgeCurtis on HN
Requests
Email contact or clearer way to reach the team
From 1 comment
Hmmm... I'll get in touch. Got an email i can reach out to, there doesn't seem to be one listed on your website? I'm more concerned about if the p99s stay consistent when things…
mentioum on HN
Support for other object stores beyond S3
From 1 comment
I mean object stores from other clouds.
aitchnyu on HN
Questions
Does it support Cypher or Gremlin?
From 1 comment
what language does this support? cypher/gremlin?
raufakdemir on HN
Is it ACID and multi-tenant?
From 1 comment
Are you ACID? And does this version have multi-tenancy?
lennertjansen on HN
How does it compare to Turbopuffer and SurrealDB?
From 2 comments
How does this compare vs. Turbopuffer?
brene on HNcongrats! how does this compare to turbopuffer, surreal or other multi-model ones built on object storage or not
Bnjoroge on HN
Alternatives named
Dgraph
From 2 comments
Hmmm... I'll get in touch. Got an email i can reach out to, there doesn't seem to be one listed on your website? I'm more concerned about if the p99s stay consistent when things…
mentioum on HNIt's not, its actually our prod db with direct user usage - we self host a large dgraph cluster. We have a very large number of people manage their car and car histories with us…
mentioum on HN
Turbopuffer
From 1 comment
How does this compare vs. Turbopuffer?
brene on HN
PuppyGraph
From 1 comment
If your use case is OLAP based, please check it out PuppyGraph. It’s a graph query engine that sits on top of your Lakehouse (no ETL required). Our benchmark has shown…
zw17 on HN
SurrealDB
From 1 comment
congrats! how does this compare to turbopuffer, surreal or other multi-model ones built on object storage or not
Bnjoroge on HN
Neo4j
From 1 comment
How rankings are calculated? HelixDB has zero feature scores, unlike e.g. JanusGraph which is at #27 or Neo4j at #1.
dig1 on HN