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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. AntDB vs. Fauna vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlfauna.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.fauna.comdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebook
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedFauna, Inc.Google
Initial release2014201420132014
Current release2.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoNumeric data and Stringsyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL2016 compliantnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
TriggersyesyesnonoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingSharding infoin enterprise version onlynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlsimple rights management via user accountsno
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLAntDBFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBInfluxDBLovefield
Specific characteristicsAntDB was initiated in 2008. On the core system of operators, AntDB provides online...
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InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesHTAP mixed load: AntDB is a universal, enterprise-level distributed relational database,...
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Time to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosAs the core software of large enterprise, AntDB supports multi-scenario deployment....
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IoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersChina Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Aeon Life, China Mobile Tietong, CITIC...
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InfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsMore than 1 billion subscribers in 24 provinces across China are served by AntDB...
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Fastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsCertificates and licenses CMMI5 Certificate licensed by CMMI Institute IT Product...
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Open source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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