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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GridDB vs. Lovefield vs. Machbase Neo

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GridDB vs. Lovefield vs. Machbase Neo

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigData
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegriddb.netgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmachbase.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.griddb.netgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmachbase.com/­dbms
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Toshiba CorporationGoogleMachbase
Initial release20182012201320142013
Current release1.1.0, April 20235.1, August 20222.1.12, February 2017V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree test version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaScriptC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hostedLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'nonono
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and SparknoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACID at container levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenosimple password-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache IoTDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseGridDBLovefieldMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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