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

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

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.monetdb.orgorigodb.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationorigodb.com/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftMonetDB BVRobert Friberg et alYottaDB, LLC
Initial release201020042009 infounder the name LiveDB2001
Current releaseV12Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++CC#C
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsno
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.yesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.NetC
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyes, in SQL, C, Ryes
Triggersyesyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tableshorizontal 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 replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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