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System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Realm vs. STSdb vs. Valentina Server

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2Microsofts flagship relational DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverrealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homelearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverrealm.io/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperCNRSMicrosoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SCParadigma Software
Initial release20131989201420111999
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20224.0.8, September 20155.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
.NET Client APIODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2Transact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javano inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynoyes
Triggersyesyesyes infoChange Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2yes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionnonenone
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 integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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