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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. PostGIS vs. Realm vs. STSdb vs. Valentina Server

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#130  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.18
Rank#329  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgpostgis.netrealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgpostgis.net/­documentationrealm.io/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperApache Software FoundationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SCParadigma Software
Initial release20142005201420111999
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.4.2, February 20244.0.8, September 20155.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client APIODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoChange Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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