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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoSpock vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. ObjectBox vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoSpock vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. ObjectBox vs. Yanza

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegeospock.comwww.hawkular.orgobjectbox.ioyanza.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidedocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GeoSpockCommunity supported by Red HatObjectBox LimitedYanza
Initial release2012201420172015
Current release2.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJavaC and C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)nonono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCHTTP RESTProprietary native APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nononono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on Cassandranonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
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 infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnonoACIDno
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users can be defined per tablenoyesno
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