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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Realm vs. Tibero

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTibero  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 DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA secure RDBMS, designed for easy portability from Oracle
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.78
Rank#140  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaserealm.ious.tmaxsoft.com/­products/­tibero
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaserealm.io/­docstechnet.tmaxsoft.com/­upload/­download/­online/­tibero/­pver-20150504-000002/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019TmaxSoft
Initial release2014201220142003
Current release6, April 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and Assembler
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tibero CLI
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Java
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'no inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryPersistent Stored Procedure (PSM)
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infoby range, hash, list or composite
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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-storageyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmno infoplanned for next version
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard (SQL 92, SQL 99)

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