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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Citus vs. InfluxDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Citus vs. InfluxDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLDBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.citusdata.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.citusdata.comdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAtos Convergence Creators
Initial release2014201620102013
Current release17038.1, December 20182.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyesNumeric data and Strings
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.noyesyes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalityno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APILDAPADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages with LDAP bindings.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.no
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionShardingSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoLDAP bind authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLAtos Standard Common RepositoryCitusInfluxDB
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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