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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Interbase vs. OpenQM vs. QuestDB vs. SQream DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmquestdb.iosqream.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasequestdb.io/­docsdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEmbarcaderoRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsQuestDB Technology IncSQream Technologies
Initial release20141984199320142017
Current releaseInterBase 2020, December 20193.4-122022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nono infoexport as XML data possibleyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyesnouser defined functions in Python
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneInterbase Change ViewsyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLInterbaseOpenQM infoalso called QMQuestDBSQream DB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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