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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Qdrant vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Qdrant vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Teradata Aster

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitepostgis.netgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
raima.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationqdrant.tech/­documentationdocs.raima.com
DeveloperQdrantRaima Inc.Teradata
Initial release2005202119842005
Current release3.4.2, February 202415, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCRustC
Server operating systemsDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyesyes
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.yesnono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationR packages
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLCollection-level replicationSource-replica replicationyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLKey-based authenticationnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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PostGISQdrantRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaTeradata Aster
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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