DB-EnginesextremeDB - Data management wherever you need itEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Riak TS vs. SiteWhere vs. Teradata

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Riak TS vs. SiteWhere vs. Teradata

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph 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
Score0.17
Rank#318  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#347  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score41.47
Rank#22  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasegithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.teradata.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.teradata.com
DeveloperMicrosoftOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesSiteWhereTeradata
Initial release2010201520101984
Current releaseV123.0.0, September 2022Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC++ErlangJava
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freepredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesrestrictednoyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash index
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes, limitednoyes infoSQL 2016 + extensions
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
HTTP REST.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLErlangyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on HBaseSharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infolinks between datasets can be storednoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Microsoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureRiak TSSiteWhereTeradata
DB-Engines blog posts

PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year 2020
4 January 2021, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

Cloud-based DBMS's popularity grows at high rates
12 December 2019, Paul Andlinger

The popularity of cloud-based DBMSs has increased tenfold in four years
7 February 2017, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Teradata is the most popular data warehouse DBMS
2 April 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Modernize your database with the consolidation and retirement of Azure Database Migration tools
12 September 2024, Microsoft

Public Preview: New Azure SQL Database skills introduced to Microsoft Copilot in Azure
21 May 2024, azure.microsoft.com

Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-May 2024
21 May 2024, azure.microsoft.com

General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-May 2024
21 May 2024, azure.microsoft.com

Getting started with delivering generative AI capabilities in SQL Server and Azure SQL
26 June 2024, Microsoft

provided by Google News

Is Riak A Good NoSQL Database Option For Enterprises?
1 July 2019, AIM

Best open source databases for IoT applications
26 May 2017, Open Source For You

provided by Google News

SiteWhere: An open platform for connected devices
11 July 2017, Open Source For You

Top Open-Source Tools for IoT Development in 2024
5 September 2024, Analytics Insight

11 Best Open source IoT Platforms To Develop Smart Projects
9 March 2023, H2S Media

provided by Google News

Teradata’s Trusted AI powers innovation at Teradata Possible 2024
24 September 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Teradata wants you to think differently about data and innovation – and take inspiration from the likes of Shazam
17 September 2024, ITPro

Teradata: Award-Winning Tech Firm Has Capital Gains Potential At Undervalued Price (NYSE:TDC)
20 September 2024, Seeking Alpha

Teradata Co. (NYSE:TDC) Shares Sold by Federated Hermes Inc.
24 September 2024, MarketBeat

Teradata’s Jacqueline Woods on AI Strategy and Data Trust | Cloud Wars Live
15 August 2024, Acceleration Economy

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Present your product here