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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. DataFS vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. SpaceTime

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.All 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 modelNative XML DBMSObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
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Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
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
Websitebasex.orgnewdatabase.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperBaseX GmbHMobiland AGGoogleMireo
Initial release20072018201320142020
Current release10.7, August 20231.1.263, October 20222.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
WindowsLinux
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 dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesNumeric 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.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 proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyes infovia eventsno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable 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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDnoACIDno
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.noyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accountsnoyes
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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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