DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > InfluxDB vs. Ingres vs. Interbase vs. Lovefield vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. Ingres vs. Interbase vs. Lovefield vs. Realm

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsWell established RDBMSLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldrealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperActian CorporationEmbarcaderoGoogleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20131974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s198420142014
Current release2.7.6, April 202411.2, May 2022InterBase 2020, December 20192.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageGoCCJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyesyes
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.nono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno infoexport as XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languagenono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
TriggersnoyesyesUsing read-only observersyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlyhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyIngres ReplicatorInterbase Change Viewsnonenone
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 integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
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.yes infoDepending on used storage enginenoyesyes infousing MemoryDByes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
InfluxDBIngresInterbaseLovefieldRealm
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
» more
Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
» more
Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
» more
Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
» more
Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
» more
News

Scaling Data Collection: Solving Renewable Energy Challenges with InfluxDB
6 June 2024

Deadman Alerts with Grafana and InfluxDB Cloud 3.0
5 June 2024

Chasing the Skies: Monitoring Flights with InfluxDB
4 June 2024

Monitoring Your Cloud Environments and Applications with InfluxDB
30 May 2024

Webinar Recap: Unleash the Full Potential of Your Time Series Data with InfluxDB and AWS
29 May 2024

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
InfluxDBIngresInterbaseLovefieldRealm
DB-Engines blog posts

Why Build a Time Series Data Platform?
20 July 2017, Paul Dix (guest author)

Time Series DBMS are the database category with the fastest increase in popularity
4 July 2016, Matthias Gelbmann

Time Series DBMS as a new trend?
1 June 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis are the winners of the March ranking
2 March 2016, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB is now generally available
15 March 2024, AWS Blog

Apache Doris for Log and Time Series Data Analysis in NetEase: Why Not Elasticsearch and InfluxDB?
5 June 2024, hackernoon.com

Amazon Timestream: Managed InfluxDB for Time Series Data
14 March 2024, The New Stack

InfluxData Collaborating with AWS to Bring InfluxDB and Time Series Analytics to Developers Around the World
14 March 2024, Business Wire

How the FDAP Stack Gives InfluxDB 3.0 Real-Time Speed, Efficiency
15 March 2024, Datanami

provided by Google News

Actian Launches Ingres 12.0 Database
4 June 2024, PR Newswire

Postgres pioneer Michael Stonebraker promises to upend the database once more
26 December 2023, The Register

New startup from Postgres creator puts the database at heart of software stack
12 March 2024, TechCrunch

Actian Launches Ingres as a Fully-Managed Cloud Service
24 September 2021, Integration Developers

Dr. Michael Stonebraker: A Short History of Database Systems
1 February 2019, The New Stack

provided by Google News

Borland InterBase backdoor detected | ZDNET
11 January 2001, ZDNet

An independent soccer league transforming lives in a slum in Kenya
15 November 2022, FanSided

Johnson Sakaja Donates KSh 200k to Support Cash Strapped Football Teams From Kibera - Tuko.co.ke
21 February 2024, Tuko.co.ke

Malaysian e-commerce firm Lelong.my acquires local digital marketing agency Mataris Agency
29 January 2018, Yahoo Singapore News

The advance of Air Force Esports
25 June 2023, New Zealand Defence Force

provided by Google News

Kagiso interactive shares: all eyes on android at google I/O
11 May 2015, WhaTech

provided by Google News

MongoDB aims to unify developer experience with launch of MongoDB Cloud
9 June 2020, diginomica

Danish CEO explains Silicon Valley learning curve for European entrepreneurs - San Francisco Business Times
6 October 2016, The Business Journals

Is Swift the Future of Server-side Development?
12 September 2017, Solutions Review

Kotlin Programming Language Will Surpass Java On Android Next Year
15 October 2017, Fossbytes

Java Synthetic Methods — What are these? | by Vaibhav Singh
27 February 2021, DataDrivenInvestor

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here