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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Hypertable vs. KeyDB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Hypertable vs. KeyDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCloud 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.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeWide column storeKey-value storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
github.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.keydb.dev
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogleHypertable Inc.EQ Alpha Technology Ltd.Alex Kashirin
Initial release20122017200920192020
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.9.8.11, March 20160.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnopartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infoby using the Redis Search module
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnononoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC++Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsnoLuano
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesUsing Cloud Dataflowyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnoOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scripts
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.nosimple password-based access control and ACL

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