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DBMS > PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitepostgis.netswaydb.simer.auvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperSimer PlahaVictoriaMetrics
Initial release200520182018
Current release3.4.2, February 2024v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCScalaGo
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno
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 indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsGraphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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