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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset vs. TigerGraph

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitepostgis.netquasar.airockset.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.rockset.comdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperquasardbRockset
Initial release2005200920192017
Current release3.4.2, February 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageCC++C++C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binarydynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tagsall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP RESTGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoconsistent hashingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleRole-based access control

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