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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Lovefield vs. TigerGraph vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Lovefield vs. TigerGraph vs. YDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score8.96
Rank#48  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#141  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#285  Overall
#43  Document stores
#130  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoregithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.tigergraph.comydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleGoogleYandex
Initial release20142017201420172019
Current release2.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema 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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language (GSQL)SQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScriptC++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud FunctionsUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationnoneActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
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 datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBnono
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.noRole-based access controlAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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