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DBMS > H2 vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison H2 vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

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NameH2  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score7.57
Rank#47  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.h2database.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasepostgis.netgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperThomas MuellerMicrosoftAlex Kashirin
Initial release2005201020052020
Current release2.2.220, July 2023V123.4.2, February 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsTransact SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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