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DBMS > Apache Phoenix vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. TempoIQ

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#125  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score4.82
Rank#65  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.nettempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdocs.datastax.comdoc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDataStaxDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.TempoIQ
Initial release20142011201320052012
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20196.8, April 20203.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava, SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"data is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
configurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID infotunable commit protocolACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yesyesyes infoTemporary tablenono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess rights for users can be defined per objectStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQLsimple authentication-based access control
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Apache PhoenixDatastax EnterpriseNuoDBPostGISTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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