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DBMS > PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. Yanza

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APITime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitepostgis.netswaydb.simer.autinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinyanza.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperSimer PlahaYanza
Initial release2005201820092015
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageCScalaJava
Server operating systemsWindows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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 indexesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsTinkerPop 3HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Kotlin
Scala
Groovy
Java
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyesnonoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesoptionalyes
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 PostgreSQLnonono

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