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

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score78.40
Rank#15  Overall
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasensdb.ioorigodb.comrockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlnsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperMicrosoftRobert Friberg et alRockset
Initial release201020172009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current releaseV12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageC++Java, ScalaC#C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringUser defined using .NET types and collectionsdynamic typing
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 .NETno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languagenoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Scala
.NetGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLnoyesno
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead logyes
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-standardRole based authorizationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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