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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. ObjectBox vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB

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

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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 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 DBMSObject oriented DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgobjectbox.iopostgis.netgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.objectbox.iopostgis.net/­documentationbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperCCRi and othersObjectBox LimitedByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201720052016
Current release4.0.5, February 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache License 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 languageScalaC and C++CC++
Server operating systemsAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
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 methodsProprietary native APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeronline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes 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 layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
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 persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLno
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