Why developers like Azure SQL Database

What is Azure SQL Database?

It is the intelligent, scalable, cloud database service that provides the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility and up to a 212% return on investment. It is a database service that can quickly and efficiently scale to meet demand, is automatically highly available, and supports a variety of third party software.

Azure SQL Database is a tool in the SQL Database as a Service category of a tech stack.

Who uses Azure SQL Database?

Companies

112 companies reportedly use Azure SQL Database in their tech stacks, including Global, Ataccama ONE, and Core Banking.

Global

Ataccama ONE

Core Banking

Mercantil Andina

iOLAP

Data-Driven Services

Integrated Control ...

Challengermode

Weland Solutions ...

Developers

381 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Azure SQL Database.

LIVEDOC

Avantida

Lobster Ink

BargainBox

HiKey-Resources

Seasonalife

EncompaaS

Job Stack

templafy

Azure SQL Database Integrations

Snowplow, AzureDataStudio, Microsoft Access, Centreon, and Hosted Graphite are some of the popular tools that integrate with Azure SQL Database. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Azure SQL Database.

Snowplow

AzureDataStudio

Microsoft Access

Centreon

Hosted Graphite

ERBuilder

Narrator

dbForge Fusion for ...

DashboardFox

Pros of Azure SQL Database

Managed

Secure

Scalable

Decisions about Azure SQL Database

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Azure SQL Database in their tech stack.

Mathuba Dlamini

Full Stack Developer at Dimension Data · Jul 20, 2023 | 5 upvotes · 10.4K views

Needs advice

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

and

Azure SQL Database

We are embarking on a project of building a Django web application on Microsoft Azure. The debate holding us back is whether to with Azure SQL Database or Azure Database for PostgreSQL. From all the tutorials and video tutorials they use Azure Database for PostgreSQL but one team member is insisting on Azure SQL Database. Please advise of what to consider if I capitulate what database do I need to install locally to get the project moving.

Nathan Drake

Jun 28, 2023 | 4 upvotes · 14.1K views

Needs advice

Azure SQL Database

and

MongoDB

Hi, I am trying to build a billing system for utilities. It will have a web app and a mobile app too. The USP of this system would be that the mobile application would support offline syncing, basically, let's say while doing the payment the internet goes down then when it's back the payment goes through. Basically, some features could work offline. So I am confused as to which DB to go for. A relational one like Azure SQL Database or a non-relational one like MongoDB?

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Azure SQL Database Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Azure SQL Database?

MySQL

The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.

MongoDB

MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.

Redis

Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. Redis provides data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, geospatial indexes, and streams.

Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service provides a fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web

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