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System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. SingleStore vs. SpaceTime vs. Typesense

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  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.A typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitepostgis.netwww.singlestore.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimetypesense.org
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.singlestore.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperSingleStore Inc.Mireo
Initial release2005201320202015
Current release3.4.2, February 20248.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++, GoC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux info64 bit version requiredLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infohash partitioningFixed-grid hypercubes
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)Multi-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyes
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 rolesyes
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PostGISSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpaceTimeTypesense
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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