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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. JanusGraph vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. JanusGraph vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgjanusgraph.orgpostgis.netgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.janusgraph.orgpostgis.net/­documentationbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperCCRi and othersLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201720052016
Current release5.0.0, May 20240.6.3, February 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)yes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serveryes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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