DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > GeoSpock vs. GridGain vs. HBase vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. GridGain vs. HBase vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.53
Rank#155  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#73  Relational DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score19.15
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitegeospock.comwww.gridgain.comhbase.apache.orgspark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperGeoSpockGridGain Systems, Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release2007200820142011
Current release2.0, September 2019GridGain 8.5.12.3.4, January 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJava, C++, .NetJavaScalaC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexestemporal, categoricalyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes infoCoprocessors in Javanono
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnono

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
GeoSpockGridGainHBaseSpark SQLSTSdb
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloudera's HBase PaaS offering now supports Complex Transactions
11 August 2021,  Krishna Maheshwari (sponsor) 

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics
23 February 2021, ComputerWeekly.com

GeoSpock launches Spatial Big Data Platform 2.0
4 September 2019, VanillaPlus

nChain Leads Investment Round in Extreme-scale Data Firm GeoSpock
2 October 2020, AlexaBlockchain

GeoSpock receives $5.4m as strategic investment
5 October 2020, Geospatial World

GeoSpock’s extreme-scale data mission in $5.4m funding boost
8 October 2020, Cambridge Independent

provided by Google News

GridGain Announces Call for Speakers for Virtual Apache Ignite Summit 2024
8 February 2024, PR Newswire

GridGain's 2023 Growth Positions Company for Strong 2024
25 January 2024, Datanami

GridGain Named in the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for Event Stream Processing
22 August 2023, GlobeNewswire

GridGain to Sponsor, Exhibit at Kafka Summit 2024 in London
12 March 2024, PR Newswire

GridGain Showcases Power of Apache Ignite at Community Over Code Conference
5 October 2023, Datanami

provided by Google News

Facebook unveils Hydrabase, a next-generation HBase
22 April 2024, Yahoo Canada Shine On

Best Practices from Rackspace for Modernizing a Legacy HBase/Solr Architecture Using AWS Services | Amazon Web ...
9 October 2023, AWS Blog

Less Components, Higher Performance: Apache Doris instead of ClickHouse, MySQL, Presto, and HBase
20 October 2023, hackernoon.com

HBase: The database big data left behind
6 May 2016, InfoWorld

What Is HBase? (Definition, Uses, Benefits, Features)
22 December 2022, Built In

provided by Google News

Use Amazon Athena with Spark SQL for your open-source transactional table formats | Amazon Web Services
24 January 2024, AWS Blog

What is Apache Spark? The big data platform that crushed Hadoop
3 April 2024, InfoWorld

Cracking the Apache Spark Interview: 80+ Top Questions and Answers for 2024
1 April 2024, Simplilearn

Cloudera: Impala's it for interactive SQL on Hadoop; everything else will move to Spark
11 April 2024, Yahoo Movies Canada

1.5 Years of Spark Knowledge in 8 Tips | by Michael Berk
23 December 2023, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

SingleStore logo

Database for your real-time AI and Analytics Apps.
Try it today.

Ontotext logo

GraphDB allows you to link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. Get it free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here