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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. HugeGraph vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.netquasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdoc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperCCRi and othersBaiduDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.quasardb
Initial release20142018201320052009
Current release5.0.0, May 20240.93.4.2, February 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsJava, SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesvia hugegraph-sparknonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyes infoTemporary tablenoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissionsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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