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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. QuestDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealtibase.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasequestdb.iovelocitydb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9questdb.io/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperAltibaseGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)QuestDB Technology IncVelocityDB Inc
Initial release19992012199120142011
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20235.77.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnono
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelBased on Windows Authentication
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AltibaseFirebase Realtime DatabasejBASEQuestDBVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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