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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FeatureBase vs. FoundationDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FeatureBase vs. FoundationDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. jBASE

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document storeMultivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.featurebase.comapple.github.io/­foundationdbfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsFoundationDBGoogleRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release20142017201320171991
Current release2022, May 20226.2.28, November 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesno infosome layers support typingyesoptional
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL queriessupported in specific SQL layer onlynoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoin SQL-layer onlyyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes
Triggersyesnonoyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesin SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights can be defined down to the item level

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