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DBMS > Derby vs. PostGIS vs. Realm vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. PostGIS vs. Realm vs. TerminusDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbypostgis.netrealm.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationrealm.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software FoundationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1997200520142018
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.4.2, February 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 SQLyesyesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersyesyesyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 datayesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesRole-based access control

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