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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Pinot vs. dBASE vs. Google Cloud Firestore

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Pinot vs. dBASE vs. Google Cloud Firestore

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencydBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Cloud 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.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#274  Overall
#128  Relational DBMS
Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score6.63
Rank#54  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.dbase.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestore
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.pinot.apache.orgwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasefirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestore
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation and contributorsAsthon TateGoogle
Initial release2012201519792017
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.0.0, September 2023dBASE 2019, 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++Go
Java
Python
dBase proprietary IDEGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functions
Triggersnonoyes, with Cloud Functions
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoUsing Cloud Dataflow
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data source
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.

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