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DBMS > Firebolt vs. InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Firebolt vs. InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. Realm

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NameFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.49
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitewww.firebolt.iowww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.firebolt.iodocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperFirebolt Analytics Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2020201320142014
Current release2.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsnoyes
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 indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methods.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsnoyes
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FireboltInfluxDBLokiJSRealm
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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