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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. PieCloudDB vs. PostGIS vs. Vertica

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  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.A cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSpatial extension of PostgreSQLCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.openpie.compostgis.netwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.compostgis.net/­documentationvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperDatabricksOpenPieOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release201320052005
Current release2.1, January 20233.4.2, February 202412.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
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 indexesyesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnoyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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DatabricksPieCloudDBPostGISVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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