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DBMS > Hive vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Hive vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchpostgis.net
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Hometechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookMicrosoft
Initial release2012201420152005
Current release3.1.3, April 2022V13.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions in JavaScriptnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnoyes infousing Azure authenticationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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