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DBMS > EJDB vs. HyperSQL vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Rockset vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. HyperSQL vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Rockset vs. XTDB

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbhsqldb.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverrockset.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.rockset.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftmotionsMicrosoftRocksetJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20122001198920192019
Current release2.7.2, June 2023SQL Server 2022, November 20221.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2Open Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageCJavaC++C++Clojure
Server operating systemsserver-lessAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesdynamic typingyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.noyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP RESTHTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanono
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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