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DBMS > Microsoft SQL Server vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score799.81
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score0.99
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#386  Overall
#18  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverquasar.airockset.comwww.sadasengine.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.rockset.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftquasardbRocksetSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release19892009201920062023
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20223.14.1, January 20248.01.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialcommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binarydynamic typingyesVector, 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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tagsall fields are automatically indexedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP APIHTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanononono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationSharding infoconsistent hashingAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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