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DBMS > LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsnsdb.ioorigodb.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsnsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperMicrosoftMicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release20142010201620172009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current releaseV12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++Java, ScalaC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhostedLinux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.noyesnonono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
PHP
Java
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQLTransact SQLnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesRole based authorization

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