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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. YottaDB

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitepostgis.netrockset.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperRocksetYottaDB, LLC
Initial release200520192001
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageCC++C
Server operating systemshostedDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingno
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 indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesno
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 PostgreSQLyesyes
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 integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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