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DBMS > CouchDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PouchDB vs. Trino

System Properties Comparison CouchDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PouchDB vs. Trino

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NameCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.Industrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelDocument storeEvent StoreRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.46
Rank#51  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score1.07
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score5.28
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitecouchdb.apache.orgwww.eventstore.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasepouchdb.comtrino.io
Technical documentationdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlpouchdb.com/­guidestrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerEvent Store LimitedMicrosoftApache Software FoundationTrino Software Foundation
Initial release20052012201020122012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release3.3.3, December 202321.2, February 2021V127.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageErlangC++JavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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 indexesyes infovia viewsyesyes infovia viewsdepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQLView functions in JavaScriptyes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0Sharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungedepending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with always 3 replicas availableMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
depending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencydepending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single document possibleACIDnodepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backenddepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoSQL standard access control
More information provided by the system vendor
CouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"EventStoreDBMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzurePouchDBTrino
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