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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenTSDB vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenTSDB vs. Prometheus

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score7.56
Rank#49  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
opentsdb.netprometheus.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.objectbox.ioopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffObjectBox Limitedcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release2014201720112015
Current release4.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++JavaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsNumeric data only
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 infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIProprietary native APIHTTP API
Telnet API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBasenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnono
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