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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenSearch

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenSearch

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NameAlibaba Cloud Log Service  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA complete real-time data logging service that supports collection, consumption, shipping, search, and analysis of logs.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.44
Rank#257  Overall
#18  Search engines
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score16.31
Rank#36  Overall
#4  Search engines
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­log-servicefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasegithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­slsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlopensearch.org/­docs/­latest
DeveloperAlibabaCloud Inc.Google infoacquired by Google 2014MicrosoftAmazon Web Services
Initial release2016201220102021
Current releaseV122.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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STACKIT OpenSearch offers OpenSearch in a managed version in enterprise grade, 100% GDPR-compliant, for a wide range of applications like analytics, website search, offering scalability and fast data access.
Implementation languageC++Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedhostedAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'Transact SQLyes
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes3 replicasyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsES-Hadoop Connectornono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDno
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAlibaba Cloud user access controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Alibaba Cloud Log ServiceFirebase Realtime DatabaseMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureOpenSearch
Specific characteristicsA real-time service for telementry data (log, metric, trace). Alibaba Cloud Log Service...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantages* Ease of use: Completes data collections from more than 30 data sources within five...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenarios* Log/Trace/Event Search & Analysis * Application Monitoring * Operation Analysis...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Key customers* Alibaba & Ant-Finance:he 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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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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