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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. LokiJS

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.hawkular.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.datastax.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidetechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.DataStaxGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Community supported by Red Hat
Initial release20162011201220142014
Current release2.1, December 20186.8, April 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnolimited functionality with using 'rules'noView functions in JavaScript
TriggersnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsyesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rulesnono
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AgensGraphDatastax EnterpriseFirebase Realtime DatabaseHawkular MetricsLokiJS
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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