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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Stardog vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Stardog vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score1.93
Rank#121  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#16  Vector DBMS
Websitepostgis.netrockset.comwww.stardog.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperRocksetStardog-Union
Initial release2005201920102023
Current release3.4.2, February 20247.3.0, May 20201.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentscommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageCC++JavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesVector, Numeric and String
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 supportedno infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serverno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javano
Triggersyesnoyes infovia event handlersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-ClusterImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users and rolesRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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