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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Realm vs. Speedb vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Realm vs. Speedb vs. SwayDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelEvent StoreDocument storeDocument storeKey-value storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.eventstore.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorerealm.iowww.speedb.ioswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorerealm.io/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedGoogleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019SpeedbSimer Plaha
Initial release20122017201420202018
Current release21.2, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnono
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynono
Triggersyes, with Cloud Functionsyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsUsing Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDyesAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.yesnono
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EventStoreDBGoogle Cloud FirestoreRealmSpeedbSwayDB
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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