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DBMS > Derby vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Quasardb vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Quasardb vs. SpatiaLite

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Enterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.37
Rank#281  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.postgresql.fastware.comquasar.aiwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyquasardbAlessandro Furieri
Initial release199720092008
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20223.14.1, January 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonepartitioning by range, list and by hashSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBFujitsu Enterprise PostgresQuasardbSpatiaLite
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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