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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoSpock vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoSpock vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be 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 scaleA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegeospock.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
google.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasehugegraph.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GeoSpockBaiduGoogle
Initial release201220182014
Current release2.0, September 20190.92.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noasynchronous Gremlin script jobsno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonovia hugegraph-sparkno
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoedges in graphyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users can be defined per tableUsers, roles and permissionsno

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