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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Spark SQL vs. SWC-DB vs. TigerGraph vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Spark SQL vs. SWC-DB vs. TigerGraph vs. Trafodion

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 processingA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitepostgis.netspark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.tigergraph.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.tigergraph.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAlex KashirinApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20052014202020172014
Current release3.4.2, February 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20230.5, April 20212.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaC++C++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (GSQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
C++C++
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 CoreShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneyes, 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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
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.nonononono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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