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DBMS > EDB Postgres vs. GeoMesa vs. Lovefield vs. OushuDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. GeoMesa vs. Lovefield vs. OushuDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.enterprisedb.comwww.geomesa.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.oushu.com/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperEnterpriseDBCCRi and othersGoogleOushu
Initial release2005201420142017
Current release14, December 20215.0.0, May 20242.1.12, February 20174.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternFull-featured ANSI SQL supportSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
JavaScriptC
C++
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nonoyesyes
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangedepending on storage layernoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoHadoop integrationyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, 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.nodepending on storage layeryes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoKerberos, SSL and role based accessRole-based access control

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