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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. StarRocks

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Spatial extension of H2Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014CNRSMicrosoftThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release20142012201320102020
Current releaseV122.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Java.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infobased on H2Transact SQLuser defined functions
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infobased on H2yes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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