DB-EnginesExtremeDB: benchmark about the mission critical dbmsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > GeoSpock vs. Oracle Coherence vs. PostgreSQL

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. Oracle Coherence vs. PostgreSQL

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  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 scaleOracles in-memory data grid solutionWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.26
Rank#339  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#127  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score620.75
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Websitegeospock.com/www.oracle.com/­java/­coherencewww.postgresql.org
Technical documentationdocs.geospock.com/Content/Home.htmdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencewww.postgresql.org/­docs
DeveloperGeoSpockOraclePostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developer
Initial release20071989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL
Current release2.0, September 201912c, September 201616.0, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Aiven for PostgreSQL: Fully managed and hosted PostgreSQL® with 70+ extensions and orchestration tooling included.
Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJavaC
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.
Secondary indexestemporal, categoricalnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noyes infostandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.
Triggersnoyes infoLive Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingpartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hash
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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
3rd partiesNavicat for PostgreSQL is an easy-to-use graphical tool for PostgreSQL database development.
» more

Aiven for PostgreSQL: The familiar open source PostgreSQL® that you know and love, with no proprietary features or add-ons that will lock you in.
» more

Timescale: Calling all PostgreSQL users – the 2023 State of PostgreSQL survey is now open! Share your favorite extensions, preferred frameworks, community experiences, and more. Take the survey today!
» more

Redgate webinars: A series of key topics for new PostgreSQL users.
» more

pgDash: In-Depth PostgreSQL Monitoring.
» more

Datasentinel: Platform for Monitoring and Analyzing the performance problems of your PostgreSQL Clusters
» more

Navicat Monitor is a safe, simple and agentless remote server monitoring tool for PostgreSQL and many other database management systems.
» more

Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres: An Enterprise Grade PostgreSQL with the flexibility of a hybrid cloud solution combined with industry leading security, availability and performance.
» more

Instaclustr: Fully Hosted & Managed PostgreSQL
» more

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

More resources
GeoSpockOracle CoherencePostgreSQL
DB-Engines blog posts

Snowflake is the DBMS of the Year 2022, defending the title from last year
3 January 2023, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

Snowflake is the DBMS of the Year 2021
3 January 2022, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

Driving the Future of PostgreSQL Adoption
15 November 2021,  Umair Shahid, Percona (sponsor) 

show all

Conferences and events

PostgreSQL 101: An introduction to Multi-Version Concurrency Control and Vacuum
Webinar with Q&A, 11am CT / 5pm BST, 24 October 2023

Recent citations in the news

Location Analytics Tools Market to grow by USD 11.84 billion from ...
15 September 2023, PR Newswire

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

UK-based database GeoSpock bags $5.4m, to expand into
6 October 2020, Tech in Asia

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

nChain leads investment round in extreme-scale data firm GeoSpock
2 October 2020, CoinGeek

provided by Google News

Oracle Transforms Payments and Transaction Banking in the Cloud
18 September 2023, PR Newswire

Oracle launches Oracle Banking Cloud Services - ThePaypers
8 February 2023, The Paypers

Oracle supporta il fintech e amplia i Banking Cloud Service
22 September 2023, 01Net

The Global API Banking Market size is expected to reach $131.7 billion by 2030, rising at a market growth of 24.2% CAGR during the forecast period
30 August 2023, Yahoo Finance

Time to get patching: Oracle's quarterly Critical Patch Update arrives with 520 fixes
20 April 2022, ZDNet

provided by Google News

High Performance Functions in Rust on RDS PostgreSQL
25 September 2023, InfoQ.com

Timescale Strengthens and Accelerates AI Development with ...
29 September 2023, Database Trends and Applications

4 key new features in PostgreSQL 16
14 September 2023, InfoWorld

Understanding the Fundamentals of PostgreSQL® Architecture
25 September 2023, Datanami

PostgreSQL 16 Expands Analytics Capabilities
22 September 2023, The New Stack

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

SENIOR SPECIALIST, Full-Stack Developer
BNY Mellon, Jersey City, NJ

Sr. Microservices Developer
Photon, New Jersey

Current Opening : Details
Solution IT, Inc., United States

Tech Lead Microservices Developer
Photon, New Jersey

Java Architect/Application Development Senior Lead Analyst - SVP - (Hybrid)
Citi, Rutherford, NJ

Junior Backend Developer
Actum Lab, Austin, TX

Software Development Engineer
Adobe, Lehi, UT

Software Development Engineer I (Remote - Within the Wilbur Ellis Geographical Footprint)
Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC, Portland, OR

Software Development Engineer I (Remote - Within the Wilbur Ellis Geographical Footprint)
Wilbur-Ellis Company, Tukwila, WA

Database Analyst- 20 hours/wk.- Remote
Ellumen, Silver Spring, MD

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

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

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Neo4j logo

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

SingleStore logo

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

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

Present your product here