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DBMS > Galaxybase vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SurrealDB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SurrealDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitegalaxybase.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasesurrealdb.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlsurrealdb.com/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司MicrosoftSurrealDB LtdDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2017201020222018
Current releaseNov 20, November 2021V12v1.5.0, May 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++RustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeStrong typed schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsTransact SQLyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access control

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