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DBMS > Databricks vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB vs. Pinecone

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseorigodb.comwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlorigodb.com/­docsdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperDatabricksMicrosoftRobert Friberg et alPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release201320102009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current releaseV12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnoyes
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Implementation languageC++C#
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsString, Number, Boolean
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.yesyesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.NetPython
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesTransact SQLyes
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization
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DatabricksMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureOrigoDBPinecone
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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