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System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. TigerGraph

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score28.40
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.21
Rank#145  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Websitepostgis.netwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
Initial release20052017
Current release3.3.4, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole-based access control

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