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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb vs. YDB

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

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgpostgis.netquasar.aigithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersquasardbYandex
Initial release2014200520092019
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 infoGPL v2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaCC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
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 persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernoyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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