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System Properties Comparison AntDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Sphinx

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NameAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlwww.esgyn.cnazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseraima.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.raima.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebook
DeveloperAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedEsgynMicrosoftRaima Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2015201019842001
Current releaseV1215, June 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, JavaC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.noyesno infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL2016 compliantyesyesyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresTransact SQLyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono
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AntDBEsgynDBMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSphinx
Specific characteristicsAntDB was initiated in 2008. On the core system of operators, AntDB provides online...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesHTAP mixed load: AntDB is a universal, enterprise-level distributed relational database,...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosAs the core software of large enterprise, AntDB supports multi-scenario deployment....
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersChina Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Aeon Life, China Mobile Tietong, CITIC...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsMore than 1 billion subscribers in 24 provinces across China are served by AntDB...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCertificates and licenses CMMI5 Certificate licensed by CMMI Institute IT Product...
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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