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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. WakandaDB

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.09
Rank#352  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitepostgis.netrockset.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperRocksetWakanda SAS
Initial release200520192012
Current release3.4.2, February 20242.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageCC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
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 RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
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 consoleyes

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