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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoMesa vs. IBM Db2 vs. PieCloudDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoMesa vs. IBM Db2 vs. PieCloudDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.geomesa.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.openpie.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014CCRi and othersIBMOpenPieVelocityDB Inc
Initial release201220141983 infohost version2011
Current release5.0.0, May 202412.1, October 20162.1, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageScalaC and C++C#
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
hostedAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyesuser defined functionsno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
depending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.depending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL StandardBased on Windows Authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseGeoMesaIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2PieCloudDBVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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