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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GreptimeDB vs. InfinityDB vs. PouchDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
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
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitealasql.orggreptime.comboilerbay.compouchdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.greptime.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGreptime Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2014202220022012
Current release4.07.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptRustJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSimple rights management via user accountsnono
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AlaSQLGreptimeDBInfinityDBPouchDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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