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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentSpatial 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 MongoDBObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSSearch engineSpatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchpostgis.netgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchpostgis.net/­documentationbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperCCRi and othersMicrosoftByteDance, originally TerarkParadigma Software
Initial release20142015200520161999
Current release5.0.0, May 2024V13.4.2, February 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaCC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infousing Azure authenticationyes infobased on PostgreSQLnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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