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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. PieCloudDB vs. PostGIS

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NameMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.openpie.compostgis.net
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftOpenPie
Initial release20122005
Current release2.1, January 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesno
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemshostedhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
Microsoft Azure Table StoragePieCloudDBPostGIS
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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