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DBMS > PostGIS vs. Teradata Aster vs. TigerGraph vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. Teradata Aster vs. TigerGraph vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector 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
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitepostgis.netwww.tigergraph.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperTeradata
Initial release2005200520172023
Current release3.4.2, February 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.yesyes infoin Aster File Storenono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
C++
Java
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsR packagesyesno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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