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DBMS > Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. RavenDB vs. Realm vs. SpatiaLite vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. RavenDB vs. Realm vs. SpatiaLite vs. SWC-DB

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NameMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataSpatial extension of SQLiteA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument storeDocument storeSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score5.75
Rank#58  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score2.68
Rank#102  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchravendb.netrealm.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchravendb.net/­docsrealm.io/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperMicrosoftHibernating RhinosRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Alessandro FurieriAlex Kashirin
Initial release20152010201420082020
Current releaseV15.4, July 20225.0.0, August 20200.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC#C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
server-lessLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (RQL)noyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynono
Triggersnoyesyes infoChange Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoIn-Memory realmyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing Azure authenticationAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseyesno

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