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DBMS > IBM Cloudant vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. mSQL vs. OpenEdge vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison IBM Cloudant vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. mSQL vs. OpenEdge vs. Rockset

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NameIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.progress.com/­openedgerockset.com
Technical documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014MicrosoftHughes TechnologiesProgress Software CorporationRockset
Initial release20101989199419842019
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20224.4, October 2021OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononoyes
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Implementation languageErlangC++CC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.noyesnoyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infoclose to SQL 92Read-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanoyesno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Automatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionnoneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic lockingyesnoyesyes
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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