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DBMS > Altibase vs. Derby vs. FeatureBase vs. Firebase Realtime Database

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Derby vs. FeatureBase vs. Firebase Realtime Database

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Real-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Websitealtibase.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.featurebase.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.featurebase.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­database
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software FoundationMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014
Initial release1999199720172012
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202310.17.1.0, November 20232022, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yesSQL queriesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaJava
Python
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsJava Stored Procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'
TriggersyesyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using Linux fsyncyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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