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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. Realm vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. Realm vs. SpatiaLite

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServermSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlorigodb.comrealm.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlorigodb.com/­docsrealm.io/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperMicrosoftHughes TechnologiesRobert Friberg et alRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Alessandro Furieri
Initial release201019942009 infounder the name LiveDB20142008
Current releaseV124.4, October 20215.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++CC#C++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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 .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLnoyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availablenoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole based authorizationyesno

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