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DBMS > Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database serviceA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score22.55
Rank#26  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#54  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score19.61
Rank#30  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-dborigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-dborigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release20142009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageC#C
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON typesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.no infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by defaultyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsDocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesuser defined functions
TriggersJavaScriptyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynodepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partitionACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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