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

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

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  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 complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#278  Overall
#43  Document stores
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitepostgis.netspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.tigergraph.comtrafodion.apache.orggithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.tigergraph.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPYandex
Initial release20052014201720142019
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 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema 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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (GSQL)yesSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyesnonono
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 HBaseActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
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-standardAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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