DBMS > Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Lovefield

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines

Name

Description

A fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time access

Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Primary database model

Wide column store

Document store

Relational DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	0.33
Rank	#272	Overall
	#12	Wide column stores

Score	18.80
Rank	#38	Overall
	#6	Document stores

Score	0.25
Rank	#281	Overall
	#133	Relational DBMS

Website

www.alibabacloud.com/product/table-store

firebase.google.com/products/realtime-database

google.github.io/lovefield

Technical documentation

www.alibabacloud.com/help/product/27278.htm

firebase.google.com/docs/database

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

Developer

Alibaba

Google

acquired by Google 2014

Google

Initial release

2016

2012

2014

Current release

2.1.12, February 2017

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.

Implementation language

JavaScript

Server operating systems

hosted

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Java
Python

Java
JavaScript
Objective-C

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

limited functionality with using 'rules'

Triggers

Callbacks are triggered when data changes

Using read-only observers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

if the client is offline
Immediate Consistency

if the client is online

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

Atomic single-row operations

yes

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using MemoryDB

User concepts

Access control

Access rights based on subaccounts and tokens

yes, based on authentication and database rules

More information provided by the system vendor

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

DB-Engines blog posts

Cloud-based DBMS's popularity grows at high rates
12 December 2019, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

What are some ways of getting free credit for Alibaba Cloud?
21 September 2018, SitePoint

Top data analytics tools comparison: Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM - Latest Digital Transformation Trends | Cloud News
5 December 2019, Wire19

provided by Google News

How to Use Complex Firebase Queries in Angular - MUO
9 August 2022, MakeUseOf

Examining New DawDropper Banking Dropper and DaaS on the Dark Web
29 July 2022, Trend Micro

Over a Dozen Android Apps on Google Play Store Caught Dropping Banking Malware
29 July 2022, The Hacker News

Misconfigured Firebase Databases Exposing Data in Mobile Apps
17 March 2022, Threatpost

Banking trojan finds new routes to accounts by infiltrating Google Play Store
5 August 2022, SC Media

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

Python Developer
Swan Software Solutions, Carmel, IN

Jr. Web Developer- Omaha, NE
Milan Laser Hair Removal, Omaha, NE

Software Developer
Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA

Data Analyst
Peapod Digital Labs, Quincy, MA

Data Analyst
Peapod Digital Labs, Chicago, IL

Call Center Representative
Etech, Dallas, TX

Pre-K Teacher (Montessori)
Willow Montessori Academy, Dallas, TX

jobs by

Share this page