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DBMS > Hazelcast vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. mSQL vs. NuoDB vs. Raima Database Manager

System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. mSQL vs. NuoDB vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServermSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.72
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#268  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitehazelcast.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseraima.com
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldoc.nuodb.comdocs.raima.com
DeveloperHazelcastMicrosoftHughes TechnologiesDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Raima Inc.
Initial release20082010199420131984
Current release5.3.6, November 2023V124.4, October 202115, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CC++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 infothe object must implement a serialization strategyyesnonono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesTransact SQLnoJava, SQLyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersyes infoEventsyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with always 3 replicas availablenoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDnoACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes infoMVCCyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersno
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HazelcastMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzuremSQL infoMini SQLNuoDBRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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