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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GBase vs. NCache vs. ObjectBox

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gbase.cnwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014General Data Technology Co., Ltd.AlachisoftObjectBox Limited
Initial release2012200420052017
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c5.3.3, April 20244.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'user defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with selectable consistency levelData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesyesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseGBaseNCacheObjectBox
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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