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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. HugeGraph vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb

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

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  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 DBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph 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
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
postgis.netquasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperCCRi and othersBaiduquasardb
Initial release2014201820052009
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 2.0Open 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 servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes 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 infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesvia hugegraph-sparknowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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 layeryesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissionsyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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