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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Warp 10

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  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 high performance open source SQL database for time series dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score15.00
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#367  Overall
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#358  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasequestdb.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.warp10.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasequestdb.io/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014QuestDB Technology IncSiteWhereSenX
Initial release20142012201420102015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolpredefined schemeschema-free
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTHTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'noyes infoWarpScript
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infobased on HBaseSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
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 infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACID for single-table writesnono
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.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations
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AlaSQLFirebase Realtime DatabaseQuestDBSiteWhereWarp 10
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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