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System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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 ServerA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasequestdb.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlquestdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAmazonMicrosoftQuestDB Technology IncDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2012201020142018
Current releaseV1211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Graph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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