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DBMS > Databricks vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. Sadas Engine

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpostgis.netwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpostgis.net/­documentationwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperDatabricksGoogleSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2013201420052006
Current release2.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 20248.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
Linux
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesnouser defined functionsno
TriggersUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
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 dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDBnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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