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DBMS > EDB Postgres vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  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.A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.18
Rank#122  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.92
Rank#73  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#78  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.enterprisedb.comwww.geomesa.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablesobjectbox.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationwww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.objectbox.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperEnterpriseDBCCRi and othersMicrosoftObjectBox LimitedSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20052014201220171992
Current release14, December 20214.0.5, February 202417, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageCScalaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native APIADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nononoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangedepending on storage layerSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layeryes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.online/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layernonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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