SedonaDB

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SedonaDB is ranked #26 of 31 in spatial databases on Inferse. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

Compared on spatial databases

Deployment model: self_hostedsedona.apache.org
Query interface: sqlsedona.apache.org
Spatial data types: geometry, geography, rastersedona.apache.org
Raster support: Yessedona.apache.org
3D geometry support: Yessedona.apache.org
Coordinate transforms: Yessedona.apache.org

Facts

What it does: SedonaDB is an open-source single-node analytical database engine with geospatial data as a first-class citizen.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Intended workloads: The project describes SedonaDB as suited to smaller and medium datasets on local machines or cloud instances, and points to SedonaSpark, SedonaFlink, or SedonaSnow for distributed workloads.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Architecture: Its architecture uses columnar in-memory datasets, spatial indexing, CRS tracking, and Arrow format.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Spatial queries: Documented query types include spatial range, KNN, spatial join, and KNN join queries.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Interfaces: SedonaDB offers Python and SQL interfaces, and its quickstart also documents an R package and SQL query function.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Integrations: The project describes interoperability with PyArrow-compatible libraries including GeoPandas, DuckDB, and Polars.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
File formats: The feature list names GeoParquet, Shapefile, and GeoJSON; the repository README says vector support includes GeoParquet, WKT, WKB, and formats supported by GeoPandas.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Memory limits: Memory-limited execution with automatic spill-to-disk is supported, but the documented default enforces no memory limit and does not spill to disk.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
GPU support: GPU-accelerated spatial joins require a SedonaDB build with GPU support, NVIDIA CUDA 12 or later, and an NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 7.5 or higher.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Storage integration: The documentation demonstrates reading data from AWS S3 and working with Iceberg tables through PyIceberg and Arrow.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Support: The project directs users to GitHub Discussions and its Discord community to ask developers questions.sedona.apache.org · 2 Oct 2026
Governance and license: The repository describes SedonaDB as a subproject of Apache Sedona governed by the Apache Software Foundation and identifies its license as Apache-2.0.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Security: The repository page links to a Security policy, but the opened page does not state specific security certifications or compliance claims.github.com · 2 Oct 2026