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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Microsofts flagship relational DBMS
Primary database modelEvent StoreRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.60
Rank#179  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score930.06
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-server
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-server
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMicrosoft
Initial release20121989
Current release21.2, February 2021SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes
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.yes
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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