DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Solr

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Solr

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataSpatial extension of H2Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.geomesa.orggriddb.netwww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticssolr.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperCCRi and othersToshiba CorporationCNRSMicrosoftApache Software Foundation
Initial release20142013201320162006
Current release5.0.0, May 20245.1, August 20229.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageScalaC++JavaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesyesSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC#
Java
PHP
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infobased on H2Transact SQLJava plugins
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationyes infobased on H2yesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID at container levelACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.depending on storage layeryesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes infobased on H2yesyes
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoMesaGridDBH2GISMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseSolr
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
» more
Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
» more
Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
» more
Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
» more
Market metricsGitHub trending repository
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
GeoMesaGridDBH2GISMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseSolr
DB-Engines blog posts

Spatial database management systems
6 April 2021, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Elasticsearch replaced Solr as the most popular search engine
12 January 2016, Paul Andlinger

Enterprise Search Engines almost double their popularity in the last 12 months
2 July 2014, Paul Andlinger

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

General Availability of GridDB® 5.5 Enterprise Edition ~Enhancing the efficiency of IoT system development and ...
16 January 2024, global.toshiba

General Availability of GridDB 5.3 Enterprise Edition ~ Major Enhancement in IoT and Time Series Data Analysis ...
16 May 2023, global.toshiba

Toshiba launches cloudy managed IoT database service running its own GridDB
8 April 2021, The Register

General Availability of GridDB 5.1 Enterprise Edition ~ Continuous database usage in the event of data center failure ...
19 August 2022, global.toshiba

GridDB Use case Large-scale high-speed processing of smart meter data following the deregulation of electrical power ...
1 November 2020, global.toshiba

provided by Google News

General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GA | Azure updates
8 April 2024, Microsoft

Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 End of Support | Azure updates
22 March 2024, Microsoft

Azure Synapse Analytics: Everything you need to know about Microsoft's cloud analytics platform
24 September 2023, DataScientest

Migrate Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics to Amazon Redshift using AWS SCT | Amazon Web Services
18 October 2023, AWS Blog

Azure Synapse vs. Databricks: Data Platform Comparison 2024
26 March 2024, eWeek

provided by Google News

SOLR-led walkout demands better conditions for Compass workers
27 February 2024, Daily Northwestern

Solr Network Launches Groundbreaking Solana Token Creator
28 May 2024, AccessWire

(SOLR) Technical Data
17 May 2024, Stock Traders Daily

SOLR hosts teach-in of labor movements at Northwestern
28 January 2024, Daily Northwestern

Top 5 stock gainers and losers: SOLR.V, GRSL.V, ANON.C
21 November 2023, Equity.Guru

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here