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DBMS > Apache Phoenix vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transbase

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgpostgis.netrockset.comwww.sadasengine.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationRocksetSADAS s.r.l.Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release20142005201920061987
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.4.2, February 20248.0Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyesyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on PostgreSQLyesnoneSource-replica replication
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 ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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