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System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Graphite vs. Realm vs. Typesense

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webrealm.iotypesense.org
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasegraphite.readthedocs.iorealm.io/­docstypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperFatCloudGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Chris DavisRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20122012200620142015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#PythonC++
Server operating systemsWindowshostedLinux
Unix
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Servernononono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationslimited functionality with using 'rules'nono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyes infovia applicationsCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoyes

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