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DBMS > gStore vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. StarRocks vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison gStore vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. StarRocks vs. TerminusDB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store
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Score0.03
Rank#367  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cnazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.starrocks.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperMicrosoftThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2016201020202018
Current release1.2, November 2023V123.3, June 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++C++, JavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaJavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)Graph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsRole-based access control

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