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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenQM vs. Snowflake vs. Ultipa

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenQM vs. Snowflake vs. Ultipa

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score133.72
Rank#7  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#338  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.snowflake.comwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperMicrosoftRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSnowflake Computing Inc.Ultipa
Initial release2010199320142019
Current releaseV123.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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