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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. RocksDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparison
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.Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.98
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score13.43
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score3.21
Rank#83  Overall
#12  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaserocksdb.org
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasegithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Facebook, Inc.
Initial release200920122013
Current release3.10.0, March 20229.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsJCacheAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'no
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesno

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