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System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. SingleStore vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite vs. SurrealDB

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLiteA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitepostgis.netwww.singlestore.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.singlestore.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSingleStore Inc.MireoAlessandro FurieriSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20052013202020082022
Current release3.4.2, February 20248.5, January 20245.0.0, August 2020v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++, GoC++C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux info64 bit version requiredLinuxserver-lessLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnono
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infohash partitioningFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyesnoyes, based on authentication and database rules
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PostGISSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpaceTimeSpatiaLiteSurrealDB
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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