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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Geode vs. PostGIS vs. Spark SQL

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphgeode.apache.orgpostgis.netspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docspostgis.net/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Originally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2016200220052014
Current release2.1, December 20181.1, February 20173.4.2, February 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaCScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (OQL)yesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights per client and object definableyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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