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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Realm vs. SWC-DB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Realm vs. SWC-DB vs. YottaDB

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  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 high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeWide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaserealm.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
yottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlrealm.io/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Alex KashirinYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2010201420202001
Current releaseV120.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++C
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
LinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availablenoneyes
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 integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking
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 realmnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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