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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Sequoiadb vs. SurrealDB vs. SWC-DB vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Sequoiadb vs. SurrealDB vs. SWC-DB vs. TimescaleDB

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Wide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitepostgis.netwww.sequoiadb.comsurrealdb.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.timescale.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperSequoiadb Ltd.SurrealDB LtdAlex KashirinTimescale
Initial release20052013202220202017
Current release3.4.2, February 2024v1.5.0, May 20240.5, April 20212.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++RustC++C
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsproprietary protocol using JSONGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C++.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJavaScriptnouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLShardingShardingyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDDocument is locked during a transactionACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLsimple password-based access controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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