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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Memgraph

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasememgraph.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9memgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Memgraph Ltd
Initial release20132008201219912017
Current release7.2.4, September 20125.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC++C and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesGoC
C++
Java
PHP
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.Callbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDyesACIDACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers, roles and permissions
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BoltDBDrizzleFirebase Realtime DatabasejBASEMemgraph
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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