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DataGrip vs PostGIS: What are the differences?
What is DataGrip? A database IDE for professional SQL developers. A cross-platform IDE that is aimed at DBAs and developers working with SQL databases.
What is PostGIS? Open source spatial database. PostGIS is a spatial database extender for PostgreSQL object-relational database. It adds support for geographic objects allowing location queries to be run in SQL.
DataGrip and PostGIS belong to "Database Tools" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by DataGrip are:
- Intelligent query console
- Efficient schema navigation
- Explain plan
On the other hand, PostGIS provides the following key features:
- Processing and analytic functions for both vector and raster data for splicing, dicing, morphing, reclassifying, and collecting/unioning with the power of SQL
- raster map algebra for fine-grained raster processing
- Spatial reprojection SQL callable functions for both vector and raster data
PostGIS is an open source tool with 645 GitHub stars and 246 GitHub forks. Here's a link to PostGIS's open source repository on GitHub.
HotelTonight, Key Location, and Kalibrr are some of the popular companies that use PostGIS, whereas DataGrip is used by Como, Betabrand, and SupplyAI. PostGIS has a broader approval, being mentioned in 53 company stacks & 15 developers stacks; compared to DataGrip, which is listed in 19 company stacks and 15 developer stacks.
Pros of DataGrip
- Works on Linux, Windows and MacOS4
- Code analysis3
- Diff viewer2
- Wide range of DBMS support2
- Generate ERD1
- Quick-fixes using keyboard shortcuts1
- Database introspection on 21 different dbms1
- Export data using a variety of formats using open api1
- Import data1
- Code completion1
Pros of PostGIS
- De facto GIS in SQL25
- Good Documentation5
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