Azure Database vs. RavenDB

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Database
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Available on Microsoft's Azure, Azure Database is a managed cloud-based option for a variety of popular community and open source databases. Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL Azure Database for MySQL - Scalable, open-source MySQL database Azure Database for MariaDB - Enterprise-ready, fully managed community MariaDB Azure's fully managed PostgreSQL database automates maintenance, patching, and updates.…N/A
RavenDB
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
RavenDB is a NoSQL Document Database that is fully transactional (ACID) across the database and throughout clusters. It is presented as an easy to use all-in-one database that minimizes the need for third party addons, tools, or support to boost developer productivity and get projects into production fast. Users can setup and secure a data cluster deploy in the cloud, on…N/A
Pricing
Azure DatabaseRavenDB
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure DatabaseRavenDB
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Azure DatabaseRavenDB
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Azure DatabaseRavenDB
Database-as-a-Service
Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure Database
9.8
1 Ratings
12% above category average
RavenDB
-
Ratings
Automatic software patching10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Database scalability9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated backups10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Database security provisions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic host deployment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
NoSQL Databases
Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Product A and Product B
Azure Database
-
Ratings
RavenDB
9.1
24 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
Availability00 Ratings8.923 Ratings
Concurrency00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
Security00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings9.623 Ratings
Data model flexibility00 Ratings9.924 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Azure DatabaseRavenDB
Small Businesses
SingleStore
SingleStore
Score 9.8 out of 10
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SingleStore
SingleStore
Score 9.8 out of 10
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
SingleStore
SingleStore
Score 9.8 out of 10
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure DatabaseRavenDB
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(24 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(20 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure DatabaseRavenDB
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Azure Databases is suitable in situations where users require a cloud space, which holds or takes secure data and makes accessibility easy. More so, Azure Databases supports data migration, which is a professional process of data transfer. The analytical progress from Azure Databases is connected to AI power and has automated reporting.
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Hibernating Rhinos
If you're a.NET developer searching for a system other than SQL Server for business assessment, then you must try RavenDB. RavenDB is a fantastic document-oriented system that has been specifically developed to work with all.NET or Windows systems. Developers are continually working on such systems to eliminate their flaws while also providing a few benefits. We must refresh ourselves on a regular basis since the free software system is like an open area where anybody may stand up with a brilliant solution to the issue. RavenDB is absolutely worth a look
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Azure Databases is functional on cloud, giving the users flexibility and accessibility.
  • Azure Databases has a high storage space, and high speed processing power.
  • The tool is AI powered, hence, reputable for intelligent analysis.
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Hibernating Rhinos
  • Document Database - no Object-Relational Impedance Mismatch
  • ACID support that is optimized for performance
  • Can be easily integrated into automated tests (unit tests)
  • Easily configurable via C# code
  • Comes directly with RavenStudio - no SSMS or SQL Developer required
  • In general low footprint when it comes to memory and disk consumption
  • Useful safety nets for new developers - e.g. by default an exception is thrown when you make too many requests within a session
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Should develop a friendly and more intuitive dashboard and UI wizard
  • Create smart package for fair ratings/prices.
  • Improve on documentation and perfect the support response.
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Hibernating Rhinos
  • The documentation is very good, but it's sometimes hard to find the topic I'm looking for.
  • Updating references is done manually. It would be nice if there was a feature to help with that. I'm not sure that's even possible though.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
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Hibernating Rhinos
We've had an excellent experience using RavenDB. Internally we are testing the newer features in 5.0 such as time series, which will effect the con specified previously dependent on the real world performance. We foresee that BattleCrate will continue to use RavenDB as we grow.
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Usability
Microsoft
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Hibernating Rhinos
Really good .NET client that is very easy to use. The management studio is excellent and puts anything that Microsoft or Oracle have to shame. Very quick to develop with once the complexity hurdle has been overcome. Initially using it can be a bit painful until you fully grasp the event sourced nature of the indexing.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
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Hibernating Rhinos
The support is really fast and flexible. Since one single working day, we got a response to our first request, only 4 days later we got a technical demonstration for our complete developer team to get in touch with raven and its performance. Also during our development, we got a quick response to questions.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
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Hibernating Rhinos
RavenFS changed along the way and made us change the codes.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Databases has the data migrating power, which is done with just a press of a button and instant results are attained. Azure Databases has the optimization of performance, which includes an AI, which is intelligent based. Azure Databases has the recent or advanced SQL power, which is easily configurable and allows a safe cloud storage.
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Hibernating Rhinos
The given alternatives are also powerful and really good noSQL databases but the highest availability of RavenDB allows me/us to know it a lot better. RavenDB is encrypted by default wherever we use it in production and it has a high level of documents compression.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Database security is a positive ROI for users.
  • Undisputed cloud space, which control access, and smoothly accessible.
  • Automated backup, which fully declassify or eliminate data loss.
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Hibernating Rhinos
  • RavenDB has saved my customers a lot of money with their cloud services' tiered model. The database is able to grow with the project/company and can start out small at a low cost.
  • RavenDB is free for three nodes and three CPUs, which makes it great for development scenarios. You're able to start rapidly building applications without having to worry about licensing.
  • Scaling out has allowed us to use three small cloud servers when starting out and get the performance and throughput of a single larger server.
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