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System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Databricks vs. PostGIS vs. StarRocks

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.databricks.compostgis.netwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.databricks.compostgis.net/­documentationdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperAmazonDatabricksThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2012201320052020
Current release3.4.2, February 20242.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageCC++, Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnowith Databricks SQLyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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