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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SingleStore vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SingleStore vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score78.40
Rank#15  Overall
#10  Relational DBMS
Score5.91
Rank#61  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.singlestore.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.singlestore.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperMicrosoftSingleStore Inc.MireoAlessandro Furieri
Initial release2010201320202008
Current releaseV128.5, January 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++, GoC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux info64 bit version requiredLinuxserver-less
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyesnono
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infohash partitioningFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyesno
More information provided by the system vendor
Microsoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSpaceTimeSpatiaLite
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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