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DBMS > ArcadeDB vs. BaseX vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. BaseX vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Quasardb

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Native XML DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitearcadedb.combasex.orgwww.geomesa.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasequasar.ai
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.comdocs.basex.orgwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperArcade DataBaseX GmbHCCRi and othersMicrosoftquasardb
Initial release20212007201420102009
Current releaseSeptember 202110.7, August 20234.0.5, February 2024V123.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScalaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoTransact SQLno
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonedepending on storage layeryes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writernoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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