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DBMS > Ignite vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison Ignite vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Typesense

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NameIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websiteignite.apache.orgpostgis.netrockset.comtypesense.org
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationRockset
Initial release2015200520192015
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.63.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetCC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.yesyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functionsnono
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)yes infobased on PostgreSQLyesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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