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DBMS > ArangoDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
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Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitearangodb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegreptime.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.greptime.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guides
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Google infoacquired by Google 2014Greptime Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20122012202220142012
Current release3.11.5, November 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++RustJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesnono
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptlimited functionality with using 'rules'PythonView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
TriggersnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesSimple rights management via user accountsnono
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ArangoDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseGreptimeDBLokiJSPouchDB
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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