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System Properties Comparison Informix vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. RDFox

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NameInformix  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.netwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
doc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release1984201320052017
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20203.4.2, February 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen 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 languageC, C++ and JavaC++CC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, SQLuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQLreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yesyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQLRoles, resources, and access types

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