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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NuoDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NuoDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbwww.sadasengine.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldoc.nuodb.comdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperMicrosoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.PerconaSADAS s.r.l.SAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20102013201520061992
Current releaseV123.4.10-2.10, November 20178.017, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL Version 2commercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C++
Server operating systemshostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSONJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLJava, SQLJavaScriptnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tableyes infovia In-Memory Engineyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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