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System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. Fauna vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Firebird vs. TDengine

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comfauna.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.firebirdsql.orggithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.fauna.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperMcObjectFauna, Inc.Google infoacquired by Google 2014Firebird FoundationTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2001201420122000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase2019
Current release8.2, 20215.0.0, January 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC and C++ScalaC and C++C
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedhostedAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnonoyesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionslimited functionality with using 'rules'PSQLno
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replicationSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes
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eXtremeDBFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseFirebirdTDengine
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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