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DBMS > Galaxybase vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. PostGIS

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NameGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score4.13
Rank#71  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitegalaxybase.comcloud.google.com/­datastorepostgis.net
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Google
Initial release201720082005
Current releaseNov 20, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and JavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxhosted
Data schemeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, details hereyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (GQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsusing Google App Engineuser defined functions
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using Paxosyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACID
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infobased on PostgreSQL

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