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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MonetDB vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MonetDB vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score78.40
Rank#15  Overall
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.monetdb.orgnsdb.ioorigodb.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationnsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperMicrosoftMonetDB BVRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2010200420172009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current releaseV12Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++CJava, ScalaC#
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: 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.yesnono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyes, in SQL, C, Rnoyes
Triggersyesyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availablenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization

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