Difference between SQL and NoSQL Well, it all comes down to providing the best possible experience to the end-users in a quick, real and connected way.

Technology Editor Bill Wong examines the differences between SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL databases.

A less obvious, but still significant, difference between SQL and NoSQL databases is the format the databases use for their responses.

SQL, NoSQL? What's the difference these days? SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.