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DBMS > Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. TDSQL for MySQL vs. YugabyteDB

System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. TDSQL for MySQL vs. YugabyteDB

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.High-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#205  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpostgis.netwww.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdbwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpostgis.net/­documentationwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042docs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperGoogleTencentYugabyte Inc.
Initial release2014200520132017
Current release2.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafarihostedLinux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data model
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesyesyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesyes infosql, plpgsql, C
TriggersUsing read-only observersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Based on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDBnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes
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LovefieldPostGISTDSQL for MySQLYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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