DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > AllegroGraph vs. Firebird vs. Geode vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. Firebird vs. Geode vs. Rockset

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.06
Rank#187  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websiteallegrograph.comwww.firebirdsql.orggeode.apache.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmlwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperFranz Inc.Firebird FoundationOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Rockset
Initial release20042000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase20022019
Current release8.0, December 20235.0.0, January 20241.1, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC and C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhosted
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.no infobulk load of XML files possiblenono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageyesSQL-like query language (OQL)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common LispPSQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyes infoCache Event Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationnoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
More information provided by the system vendor
AllegroGraphFirebirdGeodeRockset
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
» more
Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
» more
News

Can Neuro-Symbolic AI Solve AI’s Weaknesses?
17 April 2024

100 Companies That Matter in KM – Franz Inc.
3 April 2024

Exploring AllegroGraph v8 – Unleashing the Power of Neuro-Symbolic AI (Recorded Webinar)
9 February 2024

What is Neuro-Symbolic AI?
23 January 2024

Allegro CL v11 – Now Available! – The Neuro-Symbolic AI Programming Platform
8 January 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
AllegroGraphFirebirdGeodeRockset
Recent citations in the news

Q&A: Can Neuro-Symbolic AI Solve AI’s Weaknesses?
8 April 2024, TDWI

AI predictions for 2024 unveil exciting technological horizons
21 November 2023, Wire19

Neuro-Symbolic AI: The Peak of Artificial Intelligence
16 November 2021, AiThority

Why Young Developers Don't Get Knowledge Graphs
30 July 2021, Datanami

Fuse Graph Neural Networks with Semantic Reasoning to Produce Complimentary Predictions
21 September 2021, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News

12 Top Open Source Databases to Consider
1 May 2024, TechTarget

DoNot Team's New Firebird Backdoor Hits Pakistan and Afghanistan
23 October 2023, The Hacker News

US and Australian police arrested Firebird RAT author and operator
15 April 2024, Security Affairs

Albany Firebirds single-game tickets on sale Friday
29 February 2024, Troy Record

AFP arrests man over alleged creation and sale of 'Firebird' RAT
15 April 2024, iTnews

provided by Google News

This is how much one of the most expensive gems costs at the Tucson gem show
11 February 2024, KGUN 9 Tucson News

Apache Geode Spawns 'All Sorts of In-Memory Things'
4 January 2017, The New Stack

Reactive Event Processing with Apache Geode
5 July 2020, InfoQ.com

1. Introduction to Pivotal GemFire In-Memory Data Grid and Apache Geode - Scaling Data Services with Pivotal ...
15 November 2018, O'Reilly Media

Where Does Apache Geode Fit in CQRS Architectures?
18 December 2016, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

Rockset Announces 2024 Index Conference, Industry Event for Engineers Building Search, Analytics, and AI ...
18 April 2024, Datanami

Rockset targets cost control with latest database update
31 January 2024, TechTarget

Rockset enhances vector search to support cloud-based AI applications at scale
20 November 2023, SiliconANGLE News

Rockset Releases New Instance Class, Gains Momentum as the Search and Analytics Database Built for the Cloud
31 January 2024, GlobeNewswire

Rockset lands $44M to power real-time search and analytics apps
29 August 2023, TechCrunch

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

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

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Present your product here