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System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. SQream DB

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score807.76
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#234  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serversqream.com
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperCNRSGoogleMicrosoftSQream Technologies
Initial release20132013201419892017
Current release2.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017SQL Server 2022, November 20222022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptC++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2nonoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javauser defined functions in Python
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationhorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2simple rights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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H2GISInfluxDBLovefieldMicrosoft SQL ServerSQream DB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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