This document compares NosDB with DocumentDB, and contrasts their significant differences. This comparison focuses on all the major areas that a good NoSQL database should provide.
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DocumentDB |
NosDB |
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Platform & Technology |
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| - DB Server | C++ & Favors Linux (No Server-side .NET) |
100% Native .NET |
| - .NET API | Supported | Full support |
| - Java API | Supported | Full support |
| - REST API | Supported | Full support |
Data Model |
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| - JSON Documents | Supported | Full support |
| - Normalized Data Model | Supported | Full support |
| - Embedded Data Model | Supported | Full support |
| - Single-Shard Collections | Supported | Full support |
| - Capped Single-Shard Collections | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Multi-Shard Collections | Supported | Full support |
| - Attachments | Not Supported (Preview) | Full support |
| - CLR Triggers | Partial support | Full support |
| - CLR User Defined Functions (UDF) | Partial support | Full support |
| - Stored Procedures | Supported | No Support |
Performance and Scalability |
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| - Database Performance | Please verify yourself | Excellent |
| - Scalability | Please verify yourself | Excellent |
| - Multiple Shards & Replicas | Supported | Full support |
| - Hash-Based Distribution | Supported | Full support |
| - Range-Based Distribution | Supported | Full support |
| - Custom Distribution | Supported | No Support |
| - Read-load Shared by Replicas | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Async Operations | Supported | Full support |
| - Fire & Forget Operations | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Bulk Operations | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Database as Service | Supported | No Support |
| - On Premise | Not Supported | Full support |
High Availability |
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| - Dynamic Clustering | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Connection Failover | N/A | Full support |
| - Dynamic Configuration | Supported | Full support |
| - Shard Replicas (dedicated & shared replicas) | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Split Brain Avoidance | N/A | Full support |
| - Auto State Transfer within Shard | N/A | Full support |
| - Auto State Transfer across Shards | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Journaling (for data consistency) | N/A | Full support |
| - Multi-Data Center Support | Supported | Full support |
| - Upgrade without Downtime | Supported | Full support |
In-Memory Caching |
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| - DB Server In-Memory Caching | N/A | Full support |
| - Client-side In-Memory Caching | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Pluggable Distributed Cache (NCache) | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Cache Documents, Collections, Query Results | N/A | Full support |
| - Client Cache Supported | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Synchronize Cache with NosDB | Not Supported | Full support |
SQL Support |
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| - SQL (standard + with JSON) | Supported | Full support |
| - Advanced SQL (with JSON) | Supported | Full support |
| - LINQ | Supported | Full support |
| - Database Management (DDL) | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Indexing | Supported | Full support |
| - Geo Indexing | Supported | No Support |
| - SQL Dependency | Not Supported | Full support |
Big Data & Business Intelligence |
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| - Map Reduce | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Aggregator | Not Supported | Full support |
Security |
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| - Windows Authentication | Supported | Full support |
| - NosDB Authentication | Supported | Full support |
| - Authorization | Supported | Full support |
| - SSL Support | Only through HTTPS | Full support |
Management Tools |
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| - NosDB Management Studio | Supported | Full support |
| - NosDB Monitor | Supported | Full support |
| - PowerShell Management | Not Supported | Full support |
| - PerfMon Counters | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Windows Event Log | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Server Management API (.NET, REST) | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Full Backup/Restore | Supported | Full support |
| - Differential Backup/Restore | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Import/Export | Supported | Full support |
| - Move Single-Shard Collection Tool | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Stand-alone to Sharded DB Migration | Not Supported | Full support |
Third-Party Integrations |
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| - Visual Studio 2013/2015 | Supported | Full support |
| - ADO.NET Provider | Not Supported | Full support |
| - Microsoft Power BI | Supported | Full Support |