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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. DataFS vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. SpaceTime

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NameAlibaba Cloud Table Store  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time accessAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelWide column storeObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
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Score0.31
Rank#297  Overall
#11  Wide column stores
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­table-storenewdatabase.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­tablestoredev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperAlibabaMobiland AGGoogleMireo
Initial release20162018201320142020
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedWindowsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnononoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on subaccounts and tokensWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accountsnoyes
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Alibaba Cloud Table StoreDataFSInfluxDBLovefieldSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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