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DBMS > Apache Phoenix vs. EsgynDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. ReductStore

System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. EsgynDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. ReductStore

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasecloud.google.com/­bigtablegithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.reduct.store/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GoogleReductStore LLC
Initial release20142015201220152023
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20191.9, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaC++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
LinuxhostedhostedDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored Procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'no
TriggersnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication between multi datacentersInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zones
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesAtomic single-row operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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