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DBMS > DataFS vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#95  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score5.75
Rank#58  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperMobiland AGIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Microsoft
Initial release201820102015
Current release1.1.263, October 2022V1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyes
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Implementation languageErlang
Server operating systemsWindowshostedhosted
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes infousing Azure authentication

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