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NameH2  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score8.22
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score3.29
Rank#94  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.h2database.comwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperThomas MuellerPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20052019
Current release2.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyes
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Boolean
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaPython
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functions
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a database
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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