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DBMS > Cachelot.io vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ObjectBox vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ObjectBox vs. TerminusDB

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitecachelot.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
terminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.objectbox.ioterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperMicrosoftObjectBox LimitedDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2015201020172018
Current releaseV124.0 (May 2024)11.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesRole-based access control
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Cachelot.ioMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureObjectBoxTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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