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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. TempoIQ

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitepostgis.netrockset.comtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperRocksetTempoIQ
Initial release200520192012
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyes
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemshosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyes
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
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTHTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnoyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple authentication-based access control

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