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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. QuestDB vs. RavenDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Transbase

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#102  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#355  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasequestdb.ioravendb.netsurrealdb.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlquestdb.io/­docsravendb.net/­docssurrealdb.com/­docswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperMicrosoftQuestDB Technology IncHibernating RhinosSurrealDB LtdTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20102014201020221987
Current releaseV125.4, July 2022v1.5.0, May 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#RustC and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (RQL)SQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLnoyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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