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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Kinetica vs. MaxDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Kinetica vs. MaxDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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 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.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.19
Rank#176  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score8.96
Rank#48  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.69
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score2.65
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.kinetica.commaxdb.sap.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.kinetica.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogleKineticaSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Mireo
Initial release20182017201219842020
Current release1.1.0, April 20237.1, August 20217.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hostedLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and SparkUsing Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnoACIDno
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.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights for users and roles on table levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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