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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. DataFS vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. PostGIS vs. RethinkDB

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.66
Rank#107  Overall
#20  Document stores
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financenewdatabase.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablepostgis.netrethinkdb.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docspostgis.net/­documentationrethinkdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAxibase CorporationMobiland AGGoogleThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017
Initial release20132018201520052009
Current release155851.1.263, October 20223.4.2, February 20242.4.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxWindowshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesnoyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometry
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 indexesnononoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyesClient-side triggers through changefeeds
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingProprietary Sharding systemShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding inforange based
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic single-row operationsACIDAtomic single-document operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC based
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infobased on PostgreSQLyes infousers and table-level permissions

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