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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. MaxDB vs. Newts vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. MaxDB vs. Newts vs. TiDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsTime Series DBMS based on CassandraTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.39
Rank#155  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score4.09
Rank#72  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iofirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasemaxdb.sap.comopennms.github.io/­newtspingcap.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasemaxdb.sap.com/­documentationgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Google infoacquired by Google 2014SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997OpenNMS GroupPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20162012198420142016
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20248.2.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoC++JavaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP REST
Java API
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnono
TriggersnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
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 Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDnoACID
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 controlno infoPlanned for future releasesyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DgraphFirebase Realtime DatabaseMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DNewtsTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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