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System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. RDFox vs. Rockset

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score28.40
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.30
Rank#326  Overall
#28  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score0.79
Rank#252  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitepostgis.netwww.oxfordsemantic.techrockset.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.techrockset.com/­docs
DeveloperOxford Semantic TechnologiesRockset
Initial release200520172019
Current release3.3.4, July 20236.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typing
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.yesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLreplication via a shared file systemyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLRoles, resources, and access typesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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