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System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. Quasardb vs. Realm vs. TimesTen

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Name

Description

Spatial extension of H2

Distributed, high-performance timeseries database

A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data

An in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.00
Rank	#385	Overall
	#7	Spatial DBMS

Score	0.13
Rank	#332	Overall
	#28	Time Series DBMS

Score	7.18
Rank	#52	Overall
	#8	Document stores

Score	1.26
Rank	#164	Overall
	#75	Relational DBMS

Website

www.h2gis.org

quasar.ai

realm.io

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/timesten.html

Technical documentation

www.h2gis.org/docs/home

doc.quasar.ai/master

realm.io/docs

docs.oracle.com/en/database/other-databases/timesten/index.html

Developer

CNRS

quasardb

Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019

Oracle

originally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005

Initial release

2013

2009

2014

1998

Current release

3.14.1, January 2024

Release 22.1

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

LGPL 3.0

commercial

Free community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses

Open Source

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows

Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows

IBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

integer and binary

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

with tags

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

yes

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC

Supported programming languages

Java

.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R

.Net
Java

with Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift

C
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

based on H2

runs within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary

PL/SQL

Triggers

yes

Change Listeners

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

consistent hashing

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

based on H2

Source-replica replication with selectable replication factor

none

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

with Hadoop integration

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using LevelDB

yes

by means of logfiles and checkpoints

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

Transient mode

yes

In-Memory realm

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

based on H2

Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

yes

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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