Difference between MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL
1. MS SQL Server :
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) which is platform dependent and it is both GUI and command based software. It supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environments. It was developed by Microsoft Corporation and initially released on April 24, 1989.
2. PostgreSQL :
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source Object-relational database system. It provides good performance with low maintenance efforts because of its high stability. It was the first DBMS that implemented multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) feature.
Difference between MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL :
S.NO. | MS SQL SERVER | POSTGRESQL |
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1. | Developed by Microsoft Corporation and initially released on April 24, 1989 | Developed by PostgreSQL Global Development Group on 1989. |
2. | MS SQL server is written in C++ language. | PostgreSQL is written in C language. |
3. | It is a Microsoft relational DBMS. | It is widely used open source RDBMS. |
4. | The primary database model for MS SQL Server is Relational DBMS. | The primary database model for PostgreSQL is also Relational DBMS. |
5. | It also has two Secondary database models – Document store and Graph DBMS. | It has Document store as Secondary database models. |
6. | The license for MS SQL Server is Commercial. | The license for is Open Source. |
7. | Server operating systems for MS SQL Server are Linux and Windows. | Server operating systems for PostgreSQL are FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OS X, Solaris, Unix and Windows. |
8. | In MS SQL Server, partitioning methods are Horizontal partitioning and Sharding through federation. | In PostgreSQL, partitioning can be done by range, list and hash. |
9. | It support replication but in depends on the SQL-Server Edition. | It support only one replication methods – Master-master replication. |
10. | It supports in-memory capabilities. | It does not supports in-memory capabilities. |