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DBMS > Google Cloud Bigtable vs. H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. Rockset

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Spatial extension of H2An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Spatial DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.58
Rank#92  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.05
Rank#372  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.h2gis.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.rockset.com
DeveloperGoogleCNRSHypertable Inc.Rockset
Initial release2015201320092019
Current release0.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnodynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
C++ API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infobased on H2nono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infobased on H2selectable replication factor on file system levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infobased on H2noAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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