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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Apache IoTDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Firestore

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NameAlibaba Cloud Log Service  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA complete real-time data logging service that supports collection, consumption, shipping, search, and analysis of logs.An IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.
Primary database modelSearch engineTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.43
Rank#265  Overall
#18  Search engines
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­log-serviceiotdb.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestore
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­slsiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestore
DeveloperAlibabaCloud Inc.Apache Software FoundationCCRi and othersGoogle
Initial release2016201820142017
Current release1.1.0, April 20234.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScala
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTJDBC
Native API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functions
Triggersyesyesnoyes, with Cloud Functions
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)depending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes3 replicasselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsES-Hadoop ConnectorIntegration with Hadoop and SparkyesUsing Cloud Dataflow
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
depending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesdepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlAlibaba Cloud user access controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.
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Alibaba Cloud Log ServiceApache IoTDBGeoMesaGoogle Cloud Firestore
Specific characteristicsA real-time service for telementry data (log, metric, trace). Alibaba Cloud Log Service...
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Competitive advantages* Ease of use: Completes data collections from more than 30 data sources within five...
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Typical application scenarios* Log/Trace/Event Search & Analysis * Application Monitoring * Operation Analysis...
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Key customers* Alibaba & Ant-Financeļ¼šhe infrastructure service for the Corp * Over 22k Subscriber...
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Licensing and pricing modelsPay-As-You-Go https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/log-service/pricing
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