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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. Graphite vs. SWC-DB vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. Graphite vs. SWC-DB vs. TDengine

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
github.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffChris DavisAlex KashirinTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20142013200620202019
Current release0.5, April 20213.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoPythonC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoNumeric data onlyyes
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 indexesnononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query languageStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
Sockets
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyesnononoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyes
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AlaSQLBoltDBGraphiteSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTDengine
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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