DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > CrateDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Raima Database Manager

System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Raima Database Manager

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverraima.com
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.raima.com
DeveloperCrateIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014MicrosoftRaima Inc.
Initial release2013201019891984
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 202215, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.SQLServer Flex @ STACKIT offers a managed version of SQL Server with adjustable CPU, RAM, storage amount and speed, in enterprise grade to perfectly match all application requirements. All services are 100% GDPR-compliant.
Implementation languageJavaErlangC++C
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supporthostedLinux
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)View functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
CrateDBIBM CloudantMicrosoft SQL ServerRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
» more
Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
» more
Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
» more
Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
» more
Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
» more
Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
» more
Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
» more
Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
» more
Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
» more
Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
» more
Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
» more
News

Raima Unveils RaimaDB 16.0: Elevating Database Performance and User Experience
29 February 2024

Raima Announces Release of Raima Database Manager (RDM) v15, a Powerful Embedded Time Series Database
10 June 2021

Raima Announces Release of Raima Database Manager (RDM) v14.2, a Powerful IoT Edge Embedded Database
8 October 2020

Raima Joins BlackBerry QNX Channel Partner Program to Deliver Safety-Critical and Secure Software Solutions
1 October 2020

Raima Expands Their Reseller Network in Asia
19 May 2020

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesNavicat Monitor is a safe, simple and agentless remote server monitoring tool for SQL Server and many other database management systems.
» more

Navicat for SQL Server gives you a fully graphical approach to database management and development.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
CrateDBIBM CloudantMicrosoft SQL ServerRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
DB-Engines blog posts

MySQL is the DBMS of the Year 2019
3 January 2020, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

The struggle for the hegemony in Oracle's database empire
2 May 2017, Paul Andlinger

Microsoft SQL Server is the DBMS of the Year
4 January 2017, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

CrateDB Partners with HiveMQ to Deliver a Seamless Data Management Architecture for IoT
25 March 2024, PR Newswire

CrateDB Announces Availability of CrateDB on Google Cloud Marketplace
8 April 2024, Datanami

How We Designed CrateDB as a Realtime SQL DBMS for the Internet of Things
29 August 2017, The New Stack

Crate.io Expands CrateDB Cloud with the Launch of CrateDB Edge
15 April 2021, GlobeNewswire

Crate.io Introduces CrateDB 2.0 Enterprise and Open Source Editions
16 May 2017, Business Wire

provided by Google News

Cloudant Best (and Worst) Practices — Part 1
18 March 2019, IBM

Intro to Enterprise Cloud Storage: How to Set Up a Cloudant Database
1 December 2014, Linux.com

IBM Expands Cloud Database Services with Kubernetes
26 September 2019, EnterpriseAI

IBM Code Engine and IBM Cloudant: Serverless Data and Infrastructure
16 August 2021, IBM

IBM to Purchase Cloudant Database as a service (DBaaS) Provider
22 March 2014, App Developer Magazine

provided by Google News

How to automate an in-place upgrade of SQL Server on Amazon EC2 | Amazon Web Services
5 June 2024, AWS Blog

10 Easy Tips for Better SQL Server Performance
2 June 2024, ITPro Today

Mastering the SQL Server command-line interface
30 May 2024, SitePoint

The Essential Guide to SQL Server 2014 Series: Scalability
1 June 2024, ITPro Today

A generative AI use case using Amazon RDS for SQL Server as a vector data store | Amazon Web Services
22 May 2024, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Raima re-bundles their Raima Database Manager packages to align with market trends
14 March 2012, Embedded

Edge Computing Enabling the Future | Wind River
2 July 2018, WIND

LabVIEW integrates Raima's Database API
7 August 2013, Embedded

IP Core for ASICs & FPGAs meets CAN FD spec
27 January 2014, Embedded

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here