DBMS > PostGIS vs. PostgreSQL

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. PostgreSQL

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Our visitors often compare PostGIS and PostgreSQL with MongoDB, GeoMesa and GeoSpock.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines

Name

Description

Spatial extension of PostgreSQL

Widely used open source RDBMS

Developed as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQL

Primary database model

Spatial DBMS

Relational DBMS

with object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

Document store
Spatial DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	29.84
Rank	#28	Overall
	#1	Spatial DBMS

Score	559.25
Rank	#4	Overall
	#4	Relational DBMS

Website

postgis.net

www.postgresql.org

Technical documentation

postgis.net/documentation

www.postgresql.org/docs

Developer

PostgreSQL Global Development Group

www.postgresql.org/developer

Initial release

2005

1989

1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL

Current release

3.1.1, January 2021

13.2 , February 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

GPL v2.0

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.

ScaleGrid for PostgreSQL: Fully managed PostgreSQL hosting on AWS, Azure and DigitalOcean with high availability and SSH access on the #1 multi-cloud DBaaS.

Implementation language

Server operating systems

FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
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

specific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

standard with numerous extensions

APIs and other access methods

ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java

JDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

realized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes

based on PostgreSQL

partitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hash

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

based on PostgreSQL

Source-replica replication

other methods possible by using 3rd party extensions

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

In-memory capabilities

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

User concepts

Access control

yes

based on PostgreSQL

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

3rd parties

Fivetran: Quickly and easily centralize your on-premise and cloud databases.
» more

General SQL Parser: Instantly adding parsing, decoding, analysis and rewrite SQL processing capability to your products.
» more

EDB: Helping organizations get the most from PostgreSQL, Oracle Migration, High Availability, Security
» more

CYBERTEC is your professional partner for PostgreSQL services and Data Science since 2000. With offices in Austria, Uruguay, Estonia, Poland, South Africa and Switzerland, CYBERTEC operates worldwide and is here for you 24/7!
» more

Navicat for PostgreSQL is an easy-to-use graphical tool for PostgreSQL database development.
» more

pgDash: In-Depth PostgreSQL Monitoring.
» more

ClusterControl: the only management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources

DB-Engines blog posts

Spatial database management systems
6 April 2021, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2020
4 January 2021, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2018
2 January 2019, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2017
2 January 2018, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Five tips for a smooth migration to PostgreSQL
7 May 2021, Information Age

Rockset Enables Real-Time Analytics for MySQL and PostgreSQL
17 April 2021, DevPro Journal

Jan Wieck, Former Postgres Core Team Member, Joins Crunchy Data - PRNewswire
26 April 2021, PRNewswire

Percona Previews Open Source Database as a Service, Enables Choice to Run Anywhere
11 May 2021, StreetInsider.com

Percona takes on cloud giants with open source DBaaS • DEVCLASS
12 May 2021, DevClass

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

PostgreSQL Database Administrator (Remote)
Upgrade, United States

PostgreSQL DBA
Fisec Gobal, Remote

SQL Server DBA
OneMain Financial, Baltimore, MD

PostgreSQL Database Administrator
Zego, United States

Junior Developer
MarketSmart, Greenbelt, MD

jobs by

Share this page