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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. Machbase Neo vs. PostGIS vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. Machbase Neo vs. PostGIS vs. Realm

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitehsqldb.orgmachbase.compostgis.netrealm.io
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlmachbase.com/­dbmspostgis.net/­documentationrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperMachbaseRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2001201320052014
Current release2.7.2, June 2023V8.0, August 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLnouser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tablenoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes

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