DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Datomic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OrigoDB vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Datomic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OrigoDB vs. RDF4J

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilitySearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbwww.datomic.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchorigodb.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.datomic.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchorigodb.com/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperAlibabaCognitectMicrosoftRobert Friberg et alSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release201220152009 infounder the name LiveDB2004
Current release1.0.7075, December 2023V1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJava, ClojureC#Java
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.yesnonono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
Clojure
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.NetJava
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsnoyesyes
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes infousing Azure authenticationRole based authorizationno
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud PolarDBDatomicMicrosoft Azure AI SearchOrigoDBRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
» more
Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
» more
Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Alibaba Cloud PolarDBDatomicMicrosoft Azure AI SearchOrigoDBRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
Recent citations in the news

Alibaba Cloud launches PolarDB database update - Chinadaily.com.cn
19 January 2024, China Daily

Alibaba Cloud Further Facilitates Digital Transformation Acceleration across Asia in the Year of the Pandemic
27 January 2021, PR Newswire

Chinese government blocks use of Intel, AMD chips in hardware
25 March 2024, TechRadar

Alibaba Cloud Named a Leader in Cloud Database Management Systems for the Third Consecutive Year
2 March 2023, Financial IT

6 ways Alibaba Cloud challenges AWS, Azure, and GCP
27 July 2020, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

Nubank buys firm behind Clojure programming language
28 July 2020, Finextra

Architecting Software for Leverage
13 November 2021, InfoQ.com

TerminusDB Takes on Data Collaboration with a git-Like Approach
1 December 2020, The New Stack

James Dixon Imagines A Data Lake That Matters
26 January 2015, Forbes

Zoona Case Study
16 December 2017, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Announcing updates to Azure AI Search to help organizations build and scale generative AI applications
4 April 2024, azure.microsoft.com

Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard) | Azure updates
2 April 2024, azure.microsoft.com

Microsoft’s Azure AI Search updated with increased storage, vector index size
5 April 2024, InfoWorld

Azure AI Studio Now Generally Available, Sporting New Models Both Big and Small
21 May 2024, Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Azure AI adds storage power, large RAG app support
5 April 2024, VentureBeat

provided by Google News

GraphDB Goes Open Source
27 January 2020, iProgrammer

Ontotext's GraphDB 8.10 Makes Knowledge Graph Experience Faster and Richer
13 June 2019, Markets Insider

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here