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DBMS > H2GIS vs. Hazelcast vs. Immudb vs. PostgreSQL vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. Hazelcast vs. Immudb vs. PostgreSQL vs. StarRocks

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2A widely adopted in-memory data gridAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Widely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Relational 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
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orghazelcast.comgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.postgresql.orgwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homehazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.immudb.iowww.postgresql.org/­docsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperCNRSHazelcastCodenotaryPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2013200820201989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL2020
Current release5.3.6, November 20231.2.3, April 202216.3, May 20242.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaGoCC++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like syntaxyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2yes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.user defined functions
Triggersyesyes infoEventsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingpartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashhorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2yes infoReplicated MapSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2Role-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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