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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Raima Database Manager vs. SQream DB vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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.RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database servera GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseraima.comsqream.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.raima.comdocs.sqream.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Raima Inc.SQream TechnologiesDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20142012198420172018
Current release15, June 20212022.1.6, December 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes
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.nonono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationuser defined functions in Pythonyes
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal and vertical partitioningGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneJournaling Streams
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 Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACIDACID
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 infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoRole-based access control
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AlaSQLFirebase Realtime DatabaseRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSQream DBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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