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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. SWC-DB

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.86
Rank#133  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasepostgis.netrockset.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAmazonMicrosoftRocksetAlex Kashirin
Initial release20122010200520192020
Current releaseV123.4.2, February 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++CC++C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedhostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.yesyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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