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

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.compostgis.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.compostgis.net/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperDatabricksSAP, formerly SybaseDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2013200519942018
Current release3.4.2, February 202416.1 SPS04, April 201911.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageCProlog, Rust
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSAP/Sybase Replication ServerJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationno
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 dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
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 PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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DatabricksPostGISSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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