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DBMS > PostGIS vs. SurrealDB vs. TerarkDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. SurrealDB vs. TerarkDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#345  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
Websitepostgis.netsurrealdb.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationsurrealdb.com/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperSurrealDB LtdByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2005202220162009
Current release3.4.2, February 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCRustC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
C++ API
Java API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C++
Java
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes, based on authentication and database rulesnono

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