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DBMS > Cubrid vs. etcd vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. etcd vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. PostGIS

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPA distributed reliable key-value storeCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Cloud 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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
etcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
firebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorepostgis.net
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
firebase.google.com/­docs/­databasefirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorepostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Google
Initial release2008201220172005
Current release11.0, January 20213.4, August 20193.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaGoC
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
hostedhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyesyes, watching key changesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Multi-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesyesACID
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.yes infobased on PostgreSQL

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