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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Pinecone vs. Quasardb

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA managed, cloud-native vector databaseDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelEvent StoreSearch engineVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.pinecone.ioquasar.ai
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMicrosoftPinecone Systems, Incquasardb
Initial release2012201520192009
Current release21.2, February 2021V13.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedhostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Booleanyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Python.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing Azure authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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