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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Spark SQL vs. SQL.JS vs. TigerGraph vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Spark SQL vs. SQL.JS vs. TigerGraph vs. Trafodion

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitepostgis.netspark.apache.org/­sqlsql.js.orgwww.tigergraph.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20052014201220172014
Current release3.4.2, February 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaJavaScriptC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language (GSQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptC++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyesJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes, utilizing Spark CorenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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