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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Realm vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite

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

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score19.62
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score7.05
Rank#49  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#386  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.50
Rank#144  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitepostgis.netrealm.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationrealm.io/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019MireoAlessandro Furieri
Initial release2005201420202008
Current release3.4.2, February 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynono
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneReal-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 integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyes infoIn-Memory realmnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesyesno

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