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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. InfluxDB vs. Realm vs. RethinkDB vs. SiriDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.Open Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageSpatial 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
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score2.74
Rank#105  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewrealm.iorethinkdb.comsiridb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbrealm.io/­docsrethinkdb.com/­docsdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019The Linux Foundation infosince July 2017Cesbit
Initial release20142013201420092017
Current release2.7.6, April 20242.4.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data and Stringsyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyes infoNumeric data
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 indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languagenonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesnoyes infoChange ListenersClient-side triggers through changefeedsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneSharding inforange basedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDAtomic single-document operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCC basedyes
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.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infoIn-Memory realmnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accountsyesyes infousers and table-level permissionssimple rights management via user accounts
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AlaSQLInfluxDBRealmRethinkDBSiriDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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