DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Amazon Neptune vs. Citus vs. Pinecone vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Adaptive Server

System Properties Comparison Amazon Neptune vs. Citus vs. Pinecone vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Adaptive Server

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLA managed, cloud-native vector databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSVector DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.29
Rank#113  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score35.09
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.citusdata.comwww.pinecone.iopostgis.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourcesdocs.citusdata.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewpostgis.net/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperAmazonPinecone Systems, IncSAP, Sybase
Initial release20172010201920051987
Current release8.1, December 20183.4.2, February 202416.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCCC and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesString, Number, Booleanyesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
PythonC
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.user defined functionsJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicas within a single region. Global database clusters consists of a primary write DB cluster in one region, and up to five secondary read DB clusters in different regions. Each secondary region can have up to 16 reader instances.Source-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith encyption-at-restyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Amazon NeptuneCitusPineconePostGISSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE
DB-Engines blog posts

Vector databases
2 June 2023, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Spatial database management systems
6 April 2021, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Exploring new features of Apache TinkerPop 3.7.x in Amazon Neptune | Amazon Web Services
7 June 2024, AWS Blog

Building NHM London's Planetary Knowledge Base with Amazon Neptune and the Registry of Open Data on AWS ...
5 June 2024, AWS Blog

Unit testing Apache TinkerPop transactions: From TinkerGraph to Amazon Neptune | Amazon Web Services
3 June 2024, AWS Blog

AWS announces Amazon Neptune I/O-Optimized
22 February 2024, AWS Blog

AWS Weekly Roundup: LlamaIndex support for Amazon Neptune, force AWS CloudFormation stack deletion, and more ...
27 May 2024, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS
5 March 2024, TechCrunch

Microsoft acquires Citus Data, re-affirming its commitment to Open Source and accelerating Azure PostgreSQL ...
24 January 2019, Microsoft

Ubicloud reels in $16M for its open-source cloud platform
5 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Distributed PostgreSQL Benchmarks: Azure Cosmos DB, CockroachDB, and YugabyteDB
8 July 2023, InfoQ.com

Microsoft Benchmarks Distributed PostgreSQL DBs
10 July 2023, Datanami

provided by Google News

PostgreSQL is Now Faster than Pinecone, 75% Cheaper, with New Open Source Extensions
11 June 2024, PR Newswire

A New Era AI Databases: PostgreSQL with pgvectorscale Outperforms Pinecone and Cuts Costs by 75% with New Open-Source Extensions
12 June 2024, MarkTechPost

Gathr Partners with Pinecone to Accelerate Generative AI Adoption
12 June 2024, ARC Advisory Group

Pinecone launches its serverless vector database out of preview
21 May 2024, TechCrunch

Pinecone’s new serverless database may see few takers, analysts say
17 January 2024, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

Achieve zero RPO for your SAP ASE (Sybase) databases with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP | Amazon Web Services
7 May 2024, AWS Blog

New Services for SAP HANA Cloud Database
7 April 2021, SAP News

Patch SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise now to avoid takeover risk
3 June 2020, BleepingComputer

AWS Launch Wizard is now available in Melbourne, Spain, and Zurich Regions
26 January 2024, AWS Blog

Newly Patched SAP ASE Flaws Could Let Attackers Hack Database Servers
3 June 2020, The Hacker News

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here