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DBMS > NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Sequoiadb vs. TempoIQ vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Sequoiadb vs. TempoIQ vs. TiDB

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NameNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)TiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#263  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.09
Rank#72  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.netwww.sequoiadb.comtempoiq.com (offline)pingcap.com
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentationwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.TempoIQPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20132005201320122016
Current release3.4.2, February 20248.2.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++CC++Go, Rust
Server operating systemshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSONHTTP APIGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLuser defined functionsJavaScriptnono
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoRealtime Alertsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQLShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replicationUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infotunable commit protocolACIDDocument is locked during a transactionnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tablenononono
User concepts infoAccess controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQLsimple password-based access controlsimple authentication-based access controlFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
NuoDBPostGISSequoiadbTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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