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DBMS > H2 vs. Rockset vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison H2 vs. Rockset vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerarkDB

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NameH2  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpatial extension of SQLiteA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitewww.h2database.comrockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.rockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperThomas MuellerRocksetAlessandro FurieriByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2005201920082016
Current release2.2.220, July 20235.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesno
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnonono
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenono

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