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DBMS > Cubrid vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Solr vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Solr vs. VelocityDB

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPCloud-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.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 DBMSDocument storeDocument storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  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)
firebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoresolr.apache.orgvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasefirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoresolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GoogleApache Software FoundationVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20082012201720062011
Current release11.0, January 20219.6.0, 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 servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedhostedAll 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 SQLyesnonoSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
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
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.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 Procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsJava pluginsno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, with Cloud Functionsyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflowspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesyesoptimistic 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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine 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. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.yesBased on Windows Authentication

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