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System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. PostGIS vs. PostgreSQL vs. QuestDB vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationSpatial extension of PostgreSQLWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#303  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score636.25
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographpostgis.netwww.postgresql.orgquestdb.ioraima.com
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmpostgis.net/­documentationwww.postgresql.org/­docsquestdb.io/­docsdocs.raima.com
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerQuestDB Technology IncRaima Inc.
Initial release201820051989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL20141984
Current release2.3, January 20213.4.2, February 202416.3, May 202415, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
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.noyesyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.yesyes infostandard with numerous extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.noyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLpartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusteryes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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AnzoGraph DBPostGISPostgreSQLQuestDBRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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