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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoMesa vs. Heroic vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoMesa vs. Heroic vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score15.00
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#250  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014CCRi and othersSpotifySybase, SAP
Initial release20092012201420141993
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Windows
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 indexesnoyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'nonoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layeryesMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
depending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyesnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layernono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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