DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > HBase vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelWide column storeSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitehbase.apache.orgpostgis.netrockset.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetRockset
Initial release200820052019
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hosted
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
HBasePostGISRockset
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloudera's HBase PaaS offering now supports Complex Transactions
11 August 2021,  Krishna Maheshwari (sponsor) 

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Spatial database management systems
6 April 2021, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Facebook unveils Hydrabase, a next-generation HBase
22 April 2024, Yahoo Canada Shine On

Best Practices from Rackspace for Modernizing a Legacy HBase/Solr Architecture Using AWS Services | Amazon Web ...
9 October 2023, AWS Blog

Less Components, Higher Performance: Apache Doris instead of ClickHouse, MySQL, Presto, and HBase
20 October 2023, hackernoon.com

HBase: The database big data left behind
6 May 2016, InfoWorld

What Is HBase? (Definition, Uses, Benefits, Features)
22 December 2022, Built In

provided by Google News

Honing business data with AI real-time analytics
14 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Rockset Announces 2024 Index Conference, Industry Event for Engineers Building Search, Analytics, and AI ...
18 April 2024, Datanami

Rockset targets cost control with latest database update
31 January 2024, TechTarget

Rockset Releases New Instance Class, Gains Momentum as the Search and Analytics Database Built for the Cloud
31 January 2024, GlobeNewswire

Rockset lands $44M to power real-time search and analytics apps
29 August 2023, TechCrunch

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Ontotext logo

GraphDB allows you to link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. Get it free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Present your product here