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DBMS > Hazelcast vs. ObjectBox vs. PostGIS vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. ObjectBox vs. PostGIS vs. SQream DB

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websitehazelcast.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
postgis.netsqream.com
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.objectbox.iopostgis.net/­documentationdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperHazelcastObjectBox LimitedSQream Technologies
Initial release2008201720052017
Current release5.3.6, November 20234.0 (May 2024)3.4.2, February 20242022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC and C++CC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native API.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnouser defined functionsuser defined functions in Python
Triggersyes infoEventsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated MapData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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