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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Netezza vs. PostGIS vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Netezza vs. PostGIS vs. SpaceTime

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzapostgis.netwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftIBMMireo
Initial release2010200020052020
Current releaseV123.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux infoincluded in applianceLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes

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