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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. CockroachDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Warp 10

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. CockroachDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Warp 10

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.TimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#351  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdruid.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.warp10.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsCockroach LabsGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014SenX
Initial release20142012201520122015
Current release30.0.0, June 202424.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaGoJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL for queryingyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBCAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infoWarpScript
TriggersyesnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDyesno
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemRole-based access controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations

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