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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SiteWhere

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Spatial extension of H2Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasegithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleCNRSMicrosoftSiteWhere
Initial release20142017201320102010
Current releaseV12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyespredefined scheme
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 indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Java.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes infobased on H2Transact SQL
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyes infobased on H2yes, with always 3 replicas availableselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate 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 controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.yes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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