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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. NSDb vs. PostGIS vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. NSDb vs. PostGIS vs. TinkerGraph

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgnsdb.iopostgis.nettinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlnsdb.io/­Architecturepostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperCCRi and others
Initial release2014201720052009
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaJava, ScalaCJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes
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 indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJava
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesUsing Apache Luceneyesoptional
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 storageyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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