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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. RDFox vs. SpaceTime vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. RDFox vs. SpaceTime vs. ToroDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperCCRi and othersOxford Semantic TechnologiesMireo8Kdata
Initial release2014201720202016
Current release4.0.5, February 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaC++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerFixed-grid hypercubesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerreplication via a shared file systemReal-time block device replication (DRBD)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 layeryesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRoles, resources, and access typesyesAccess rights for users and roles

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