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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Firebolt vs. PostGIS vs. StarRocks

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  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.Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#134  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.firebolt.iopostgis.netwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.firebolt.iopostgis.net/­documentationdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperDatabricksFirebolt Analytics Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2013202020052020
Current release3.4.2, February 20242.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageCC++, Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesnouser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesdepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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