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DBMS > Aerospike vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseAnalytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.78
Rank#61  Overall
#11  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Websiteaerospike.comimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-database
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­database
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube
DeveloperAerospikeApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014
Initial release2012201320162012
Current release7.0, November 20234.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++Python
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith Luayes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducelimited functionality with using 'rules'
TriggersnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factorselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduceyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlyAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesyes, based on authentication and database rules
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafApache ImpalaBigchainDBFirebase Realtime Database
Specific characteristicsAerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Competitive advantagesOptimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Typical application scenariosAerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Key customersNielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Market metricsAerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSubscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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News

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15 November 2023

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