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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. PostGIS vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. PostGIS vs. TerminusDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablepostgis.netterminusdb.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docspostgis.net/­documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperCCRi and othersGoogleDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014201520052018
Current release4.0.5, February 20243.4.2, February 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageScalaCProlog, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infobased on PostgreSQLJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-row operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.depending on storage layernono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infobased on PostgreSQLRole-based access control

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