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DBMS > H2GIS vs. Kdb vs. MonetDB vs. PouchDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. Kdb vs. MonetDB vs. PouchDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2High performance Time Series DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgkx.comwww.monetdb.orgpouchdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homecode.kx.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperCNRSKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMonetDB BVApache Software Foundation
Initial release20132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200420122009
Current release3.6, May 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqCJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScriptGroovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2user defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, RView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding via remote tablesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2Source-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono
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H2GISKdbMonetDBPouchDBTinkerGraph
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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