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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GridGain vs. jBASE vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GridGain vs. jBASE vs. VelocityDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA 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 modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gridgain.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasevelocitydb.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GridGain Systems, Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20182012200719912011
Current release1.1.0, April 2023GridGain 8.5.15.77.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes (cache interceptors and events)yesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyes (replicated cache)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
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 persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelBased on Windows Authentication

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