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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. gStore vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. gStore vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OpenEdge

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  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.A native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Search engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector 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
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#359  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseen.gstore.cnazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaseen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014MicrosoftProgress Software Corporation
Initial release20142012201620151984
Current release1.2, November 2023V1OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoBSDcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnoyes
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedyes infousing Azure authenticationUsers and groups

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