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DBMS > Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Percona Server for MySQL vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Percona Server for MySQL vs. Sequoiadb

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.
DescriptionMySQL 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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSEnhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL based on XtraDB or TokuDB storage engines with improved performance and additional diagnostic and management features.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.10
Rank#119  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.percona.com/­software/­mysql-database/­percona-serverwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.percona.com/­downloads/­Percona-Server-LATESTwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014PerconaSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20082012201420082013
Current release7.2.4, September 20128.0.36-28, 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC and C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions in JavaScriptyesJavaScript
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.Callbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
XtraDB Cluster
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolessimple password-based access control

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