Differences between SQL and NoSQL databases

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

7/26/20251 min read

People associated with the fields of data mining, business intelligence, management information systems etc. need to appreciate the differences between SQL and NoSQL databases. While intuitively one may think of these as being diametrically opposite, that is not really the case.

The website kdnuggets.com does a great job of summarising these differences in a comprehensible way. These differences have been highlighted vis-a-vis the following parameters:

  1. Use (or not) of SQL.

  2. Relational or Non-Relational.

  3. Defined versus Dynamic Schemas.

  4. Table based versus Field based.

  5. Vertical versus Horizontal scaling.

  6. Use cases.

  7. Support availability.

Read through and learn!

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/12/sql-vs-nosql-7-key-takeaways.html