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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Rockset

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverrockset.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperCCRi and othersMicrosoftRockset
Initial release20142013201419892019
Current release5.0.0, May 20242.7.6, April 2024SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageScalaGoJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsnoyesdynamic 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.nononoyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javano
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layernoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infoDepending on used storage engineyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagesimple rights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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