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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Interbase vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Interbase vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Realm

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaserealm.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasedocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersEmbarcaderoMicrosoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2014198420102014
Current release5.0.0, May 2024InterBase 2020, December 2019V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaCC++
Server operating systemsAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nono infoexport as XML data possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageTransact SQLno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerInterbase Change Viewsyes, with always 3 replicas availablenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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