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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websitedrill.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMicrosoft
Initial release201220142015
Current release1.20.3, January 2023V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infousing Azure authentication

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