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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. PostGIS vs. Spark SQL vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. PostGIS vs. Spark SQL vs. SwayDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelEvent StoreSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.eventstore.compostgis.netspark.apache.org/­sqlswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.compostgis.net/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedApache Software FoundationSimer Plaha
Initial release2012200520142018
Current release21.2, February 20213.4.2, February 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCScalaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLnono

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