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System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. ReductStore

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Name

Description

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Spatial extension of PostgreSQL

Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Spatial DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	21.72
Rank	#29	Overall
	#1	Spatial DBMS

Score	0.05
Rank	#384	Overall
	#44	Time Series DBMS

Website

google.github.io/lovefield

postgis.net

github.com/reductstore
www.reduct.store

Technical documentation

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

postgis.net/documentation

www.reduct.store/docs

Developer

Google

ReductStore LLC

Initial release

2014

2005

2023

Current release

2.1.12, February 2017

3.4.2, February 2024

1.9, March 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

GPL v2.0

Open Source

Business Source License 1.1

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++, Rust

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows

Data scheme

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

yes

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

Triggers

Using read-only observers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using MemoryDB

User concepts

Access control

yes

based on PostgreSQL

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