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DBMS > MonetDB vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.monetdb.orgpostgis.netrockset.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperMonetDB BVRockset
Initial release200420052019
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageCCC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typing
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.yesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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