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DBMS > H2GIS vs. PostGIS vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. PostGIS vs. SpatiaLite

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2Spatial extension of PostgreSQLSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#381  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score19.17
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#143  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgpostgis.netwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homepostgis.net/­documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperCNRSAlessandro Furieri
Initial release201320052008
Current release3.4.2, February 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes
Supported programming languagesJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2user defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyes
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 methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2yes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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