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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. ObjectBox vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. ObjectBox vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileSpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSObject oriented DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgobjectbox.iopostgis.netquasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.objectbox.iopostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperCCRi and othersObjectBox Limitedquasardb
Initial release2014201720052009
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.4.2, February 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC and C++CC++
Server operating systemsAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeronline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonowith Hadoop integration
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 datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernonoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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