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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Stardog vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Stardog vs. Vitess

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  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 virtualizationScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score2.07
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitepostgis.netrockset.comwww.stardog.comvitess.io
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comdocs.stardog.comvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperRocksetStardog-UnionThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release2005201920102013
Current release3.4.2, February 20247.3.0, May 202015.0.2, December 2022
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/studentsOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageCC++JavaGo
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesyes
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 possible
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serveryes infowith proprietary extensions
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
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javayes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyesnoyes infovia event handlersyes
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-ClusterMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
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-ClusterEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
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 rolesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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