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System Properties Comparison NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite

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NameNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.netwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.MireoAlessandro Furieri
Initial release2013200520202008
Current release3.4.2, February 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++CC++C++
Server operating systemshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQLFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQLReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infotunable commit protocolACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.yes infoTemporary tablenonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesno

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