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System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Solr vs. VelocityDB

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasesolr.apache.orgvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsdocs.datastax.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasesolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationDataStaxGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Apache Software FoundationVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20082011201220062011
Current release11.0, January 20216.8, April 20209.6.0, April 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaJavaJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
hostedAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnoSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'Java pluginsno
TriggersyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsyesoptimistic lockingACID
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rulesyesBased on Windows Authentication
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CubridDatastax EnterpriseFirebase Realtime DatabaseSolrVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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