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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A multi-model DBMS and application serverWidely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score2.21
Rank#117  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.html
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.intersystems.comdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.GoogleInterSystemsOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release2016201719971994
Current release2.1, December 20182018.1.4, May 202018.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageCC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freedepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C#
C++
Java
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyesno
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights for users, groups and rolesno

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