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System Properties Comparison Firebird vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. TDengine vs. TDSQL for MySQL

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NameFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresTime Series DBMS and big data platformA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#205  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.firebirdsql.orgwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
www.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdb
Technical documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.tdengine.comwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042
DeveloperFirebird FoundationSybase, SAPTDEngine, previously Taos DataTencent
Initial release2000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase199320192013
Current release5.0.0, January 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicensecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC and C++C
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applicationsyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPSQLyesnoyes
Triggersyesyesyes, via alarm monitoringyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
yesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyes
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 infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
More information provided by the system vendor
FirebirdSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSTDengineTDSQL for MySQL
Specific characteristicsTDengineā„¢ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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