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DBMS > Databricks vs. FeatureBase vs. PostGIS vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. FeatureBase vs. PostGIS vs. SAP IQ

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Real-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.featurebase.compostgis.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.featurebase.compostgis.net/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperDatabricksMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2013201720051994
Current release2022, May 20223.4.2, February 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLSQL queriesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DatabricksFeatureBasePostGISSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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