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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE vs. VelocityDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A multi-model DBMS and application serverA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasevelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.intersystems.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014InterSystemsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20122012199719912011
Current release1.20.3, January 20232018.1.4, May 20205.77.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data modelschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes
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.nonoyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC++Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesyesno
TriggersnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelBased on Windows Authentication

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