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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Solr

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score78.40
Rank#15  Overall
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score44.28
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseorigodb.compostgis.netsolr.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperMicrosoftRobert Friberg et alApache Software Foundation
Initial release20102009 infounder the name LiveDB20052006
Current releaseV123.4.2, February 20249.5.0, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C#CJava
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic 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.yesno infocan be achieved using .NETyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyesuser defined functionsJava plugins
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Eventsyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesdepending on modelyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes

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