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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Ultipa

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#330  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseorigodb.comsurrealdb.comwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlorigodb.com/­docssurrealdb.com/­docswww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperMicrosoftRobert Friberg et alSurrealDB LtdUltipa
Initial release20102009 infounder the name LiveDB20222019
Current releaseV12v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C#Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 .NET
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.NetDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyes
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesdepending on model
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 persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationyes, based on authentication and database rules

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