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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Spark SQL vs. Tigris vs. Transbase vs. Vertica

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructureA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMSCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#363  Overall
#49  Document stores
#54  Key-value stores
#22  Search engines
#38  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.tigrisdata.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.htmlwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.tigrisdata.com/­docswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.htmlvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperCCRi and othersApache Software FoundationTigris Data, Inc.Transaction Software GmbHOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20142014202219872005
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023Transbase 8.3, 202212.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree development licensecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageScalaScalaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnononoyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layeryes, utilizing Spark CoreShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernoneyesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using FoundationDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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GeoMesaSpark SQLTigrisTransbaseVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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