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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb vs. SwayDB vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb vs. SwayDB vs. TimescaleDB

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitepostgis.netrockset.comwww.sequoiadb.comswaydb.simer.auwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperRocksetSequoiadb Ltd.Simer PlahaTimescale
Initial release20052019201320182017
Current release3.4.2, February 20242.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCC++C++ScalaC
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexnonumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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 supportednonoyes
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query languagenoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTproprietary protocol using JSONADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJavaScriptnouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingShardingnoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoDocument is locked during a transactionAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple password-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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