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DBMS > Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. MonetDB vs. RavenDB vs. ReductStore

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. MonetDB vs. RavenDB vs. ReductStore

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  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.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.monetdb.orgravendb.netgithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationravendb.net/­docswww.reduct.store/­docs
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014MonetDB BVHibernating RhinosReductStore LLC
Initial release20082012200420102023
Current release7.2.4, September 2012Dec2023 (11.49), December 20235.4, July 20221.9, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++CC#C++, Rust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes, in SQL, C, Ryes
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.Callbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Default ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthorization levels configured per client per database

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