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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. Hypertable vs. Informix vs. jBASE

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#301  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaHypertable Inc.IBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release2014200919841991
Current release0.9.8.11, March 201614.10.FC5, November 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C, C++ and Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data and Stringsnoyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesoptional
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnonorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP RESTC++ API
Thrift
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesyes
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess managed on TSDB instance levelnoUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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