SedonaDB

6.8easy start · #19 of 32
in Spatial Databases

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on Linux, self-hosted.

SedonaDB is ranked #19 of 32 in spatial databases on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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Apache SedonaDB Free Open-source single-node engine · no paid tiers stated github.com · 2 Oct 2026

Compared on spatial databases

Deployment model: self_hosted
Query interface: sql
Spatial data types: geometry, geography, raster
Raster support: Yes
3D geometry support: Yes
Coordinate transforms: Yes

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The record

What it does: SedonaDB is an open-source single-node analytical database engine with geospatial data as a first-class citizen.
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.
Architecture: Its architecture uses columnar in-memory datasets, spatial indexing, CRS tracking, and Arrow format.
Spatial queries: Documented query types include spatial range, KNN, spatial join, and KNN join queries.
Interfaces: SedonaDB offers Python and SQL interfaces, and its quickstart also documents an R package and SQL query function.
Integrations: The project describes interoperability with PyArrow-compatible libraries including GeoPandas, DuckDB, and Polars.
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.
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.
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.
Storage integration: The documentation demonstrates reading data from AWS S3 and working with Iceberg tables through PyIceberg and Arrow.
Support: The project directs users to GitHub Discussions and its Discord community to ask developers questions.
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.
Security: The repository page links to a Security policy, but the opened page does not state specific security certifications or compliance claims.
Founded: 2025
Price from: Free

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Best Spatial Databases in 2026#19 of 32

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Sources

sedona.apache.org/sedonadb/latest/· checked 2 Oct 2026
sedona.apache.org/sedonadb/latest/memory-management/· checked 2 Oct 2026
sedona.apache.org/sedonadb/latest/gpu-acceleration/· checked 2 Oct 2026
sedona.apache.org/sedonadb/latest/programming-guide/· checked 2 Oct 2026
github.com/apache/sedona-db· checked 2 Oct 2026
sedona.apache.org/sedonadb/· checked 28 Sept 2026