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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Score0.57
Rank#244  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
www.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikidocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduGoogleVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20142017201320142018
Current release1.2.2, February 20232.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaGoJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesNumeric 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL client
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.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 functionsnonono
TriggersyesnonoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding infoin enterprise version onlynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsno
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLApache DorisInfluxDBLovefieldVictoriaMetrics
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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