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DBMS > H2GIS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. PostGIS vs. TigerGraph vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. PostGIS vs. TigerGraph vs. TinkerGraph

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#360  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#180  Overall
#82  Relational DBMS
Score24.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#143  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#347  Overall
#33  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlpostgis.netwww.tigergraph.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperCNRSOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release20131984200520172009
Current release7.4.1.1, 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++Java
Server operating systemsHP Open VMSLinux
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Java
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2user defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2yes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2yes infobased on PostgreSQLRole-based access controlno

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