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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. QuestDB vs. TiDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score4.66
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryquestdb.iopingcap.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlquestdb.io/­docsdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAtos Convergence CreatorsQuestDB Technology IncPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20142016201420162009
Current release17038.0.0, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustGo, RustJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL with time-series extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APILDAPHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages with LDAP bindingsC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning (by key range)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infowith TiSpark Connectorno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infofull support since version 6.6yes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsACID for single-table writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoLDAP bind authenticationFine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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AlaSQLAtos Standard Common RepositoryQuestDBTiDBTinkerGraph
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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TiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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