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DBMS > Microsoft SQL Server vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Splunk

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score786.87
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#176  Overall
#7  Object oriented DBMS
#12  Vector DBMS
Score6.74
Rank#51  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score2.87
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score80.56
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-servergithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
realm.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperMicrosoftObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019SAP infoformerly SybaseSplunk Inc.
Initial release19892017201419922003
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20224.0 (May 2024)17, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyesno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Proprietary native APIADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoChange Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realmyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles
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