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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. Drizzle vs. InfluxDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarydBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.DBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.dbase.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon TateDrizzle project, originally started by Brian Aker
Initial release2014197920082013
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20197.2.4, September 20122.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesNumeric 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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCHTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptdBase proprietary IDEC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nono
Triggersyesnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDno
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.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPsimple rights management via user accounts
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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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