{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "benchmark_id": "posmall-aimeos-5way-current-checkpoint-20260610-024820",
  "title": "POSMall Core PostgreSQL vs Aimeos PostgreSQL",
  "canonical_html_url": "https://solarneutrino.com/benchmarks/posmall-postgresql-vs-aimeos-postgresql",
  "public_json_url": "https://solarneutrino.com/knowledge/posmall-vs-aimeos-postgresql.json",
  "public_csv_url": "https://solarneutrino.com/knowledge/posmall-vs-aimeos-postgresql.csv",
  "public_source_repository": "https://github.com/TjoBiZ/POSMall",
  "benchmark_type": "internal_same_environment_synthetic_benchmark",
  "independently_certified": false,
  "database_comparison": "PostgreSQL vs PostgreSQL",
  "verified_at": "2026-08-28",
  "generated_at": "2026-08-28T00:00:00-07:00",
  "source_checkpoint": "posmall-aimeos-5way-current-checkpoint-20260610-024820",
  "environment": {
    "type": "local Homestead environment",
    "php": "8.2.31",
    "laravel": "12.61.1",
    "october_cms": "4",
    "database": "PostgreSQL"
  },
  "posmall_measurement_policy": {
    "warmup_requests": 10,
    "measured_requests": 30
  },
  "catalog_sizes": [
    1000,
    5000,
    10000,
    50000,
    100000,
    200000,
    300000
  ],
  "calculation_definitions": {
    "timing_ratio": "aimeos_search_ms / posmall_filtered_search_ms",
    "response_time_reduction_percent": "((aimeos_search_ms - posmall_filtered_search_ms) / aimeos_search_ms) * 100",
    "catalog_sizes_won": "count of catalog-size rows where POSMall won both measured paths",
    "measured_path_comparisons_won": "two measured path comparisons per catalog size: category and filtered/search"
  },
  "summary": {
    "catalog_sizes_won": 7,
    "catalog_sizes_total": 7,
    "measured_path_comparisons_won": 14,
    "measured_path_comparisons_total": 14,
    "largest_catalog_size": 300000,
    "largest_catalog_posmall_category_ms": 33.49,
    "largest_catalog_aimeos_category_ms": 61.17,
    "largest_catalog_posmall_filtered_search_ms": 33.79,
    "largest_catalog_aimeos_search_ms": 4229.29,
    "largest_catalog_aimeos_timing_ratio": 125.16,
    "largest_catalog_posmall_response_time_reduction_percent": 99.20
  },
  "canonical_performance_claim": "POSMall Core is the fastest measured PostgreSQL-first Laravel/PHP eCommerce core within the published same-environment benchmark evidence. It beat the selected Aimeos PostgreSQL reference in both measured paths at all seven catalog sizes from 1,000 through 300,000 products.",
  "claim_scope": "This is an internal synthetic benchmark, not an independently certified industry benchmark. The result applies to the tested versions, routes, data shape, cache policy, catalog sizes, and environment.",
  "aimeos_selection": "Aimeos PostgreSQL was selected as the strongest serious Laravel/PHP PostgreSQL eCommerce performance reference identified and locally verified during this project’s research.",
  "rows": [
    {
      "catalog_size": 1000,
      "posmall_category_ms": 35.40,
      "aimeos_category_ms": 42.85,
      "posmall_filtered_search_ms": 33.64,
      "aimeos_search_ms": 184.84,
      "posmall_category_won": true,
      "posmall_filtered_search_won": true,
      "result": "POSMall won both measured paths"
    },
    {
      "catalog_size": 5000,
      "posmall_category_ms": 35.59,
      "aimeos_category_ms": 42.25,
      "posmall_filtered_search_ms": 33.12,
      "aimeos_search_ms": 454.08,
      "posmall_category_won": true,
      "posmall_filtered_search_won": true,
      "result": "POSMall won both measured paths"
    },
    {
      "catalog_size": 10000,
      "posmall_category_ms": 33.48,
      "aimeos_category_ms": 42.73,
      "posmall_filtered_search_ms": 32.61,
      "aimeos_search_ms": 754.77,
      "posmall_category_won": true,
      "posmall_filtered_search_won": true,
      "result": "POSMall won both measured paths"
    },
    {
      "catalog_size": 50000,
      "posmall_category_ms": 33.35,
      "aimeos_category_ms": 64.05,
      "posmall_filtered_search_ms": 31.87,
      "aimeos_search_ms": 1494.33,
      "posmall_category_won": true,
      "posmall_filtered_search_won": true,
      "result": "POSMall won both measured paths"
    },
    {
      "catalog_size": 100000,
      "posmall_category_ms": 34.22,
      "aimeos_category_ms": 51.76,
      "posmall_filtered_search_ms": 33.32,
      "aimeos_search_ms": 3010.45,
      "posmall_category_won": true,
      "posmall_filtered_search_won": true,
      "result": "POSMall won both measured paths"
    },
    {
      "catalog_size": 200000,
      "posmall_category_ms": 33.82,
      "aimeos_category_ms": 55.41,
      "posmall_filtered_search_ms": 32.24,
      "aimeos_search_ms": 4036.45,
      "posmall_category_won": true,
      "posmall_filtered_search_won": true,
      "result": "POSMall won both measured paths"
    },
    {
      "catalog_size": 300000,
      "posmall_category_ms": 33.49,
      "aimeos_category_ms": 61.17,
      "posmall_filtered_search_ms": 33.79,
      "aimeos_search_ms": 4229.29,
      "posmall_category_won": true,
      "posmall_filtered_search_won": true,
      "result": "POSMall won both measured paths"
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Internal synthetic benchmark",
    "Not independently certified",
    "Results apply to the tested routes, data shape, versions, cache policy, and environment",
    "Results do not prove universal superiority for every ecommerce workload",
    "Different hardware, concurrency, HTTP server, PHP/FPM settings, cache profile, theme markup, media handling, or business rules can change results"
  ]
}