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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LevelDB vs. mSQL vs. PieCloudDB vs. QuestDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score2.25
Rank#115  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­google/­leveldbhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.openpie.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleHughes TechnologiesOpenPieQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2014201119942014
Current release1.23, February 20214.4, October 20212.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++CJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate 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-storagenonoACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infowith automatic compression on writesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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AlaSQLLevelDBmSQL infoMini SQLPieCloudDBQuestDB
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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