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System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. VelocityDB

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitepostgis.netrockset.comwww.singlestore.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatavelocitydb.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comdocs.singlestore.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatavelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperRocksetSingleStore Inc.Rocket SoftwareVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20052019201319852011
Current release3.4.2, February 20248.5, January 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCC++C++, GoCC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux info64 bit version requiredAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesoptionalyes
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 supportednono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
.Net
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesyesno
Triggersyesnonoyes infoU2 BasicCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingSharding infohash partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID infoconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedBased on Windows Authentication
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PostGISRocksetSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLUniData,UniVerseVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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