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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Realm vs. RisingWave vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Realm vs. RisingWave vs. SQream DB

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaserealm.iowww.risingwave.com/­databasesqream.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlrealm.io/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperMicrosoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019RisingWave LabsSQream Technologies
Initial release2010201420222017
Current releaseV121.2, September 20232022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++RustC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryUDFs in Python or Javauser defined functions in Python
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availablenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesUsers and Roles

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