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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SQream DB vs. TerminusDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Servera GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#234  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#16  Vector DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasesqream.comterminusdb.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.sqream.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperMicrosoftSQream TechnologiesDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2010201720182023
Current releaseV122022.1.6, December 202211.0.0, January 20231.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaProlog, RustC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL TypesyesVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLuser defined functions in Pythonyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal and vertical partitioningGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availablenoneJournaling Streams
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 integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
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 access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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