DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoSpock vs. Immudb vs. Lovefield vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GeoSpock vs. Immudb vs. Lovefield vs. TerarkDB

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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 scaleAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegeospock.comgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
google.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.immudb.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GeoSpockCodenotaryGoogleByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2012202020142016
Current release2.0, September 20191.2.3, April 20222.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJava, JavascriptGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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, categoricalyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like syntaxSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCgRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nononono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users can be defined per tablenono

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Firebase Realtime DatabaseGeoSpockImmudbLovefieldTerarkDB
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloud-based DBMS's popularity grows at high rates
12 December 2019, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Realtime vs Cloud Firestore: Which Firebase Database to go?
8 March 2024, Appinventiv

Atos cybersecurity blog: Misconfigured Firebase: A real-time cyber threat
18 January 2024, Atos

Don't be like these 900+ websites and expose millions of passwords via Firebase
18 March 2024, The Register

Google Firebase may have exposed 125M records from misconfigurations
19 March 2024, SC Media

Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps
14 May 2024, TechCrunch

provided by Google News

GeoSpock launches Spatial Big Data Platform 2.0
4 September 2019, VanillaPlus

nChain leads investment round in extreme-scale data firm GeoSpock
2 October 2020, CoinGeek

GeoSpock’s extreme-scale data mission in $5.4m funding boost
8 October 2020, Cambridge Independent

Big data processing techniques to streamline analytics
5 October 2018, TechTarget

Ola acquires GeoSpoc to build next-gen location technology
5 October 2021, The Economic Times

provided by Google News

Codenotary brings its immutable database to the cloud
21 June 2023, TechCrunch

Immudb: Open-source database, built on a zero trust model
17 December 2021, Help Net Security

immudb (immutable database) 'tamper-proof' database - Open Source Insider
14 December 2021, ComputerWeekly.com

Open Source Immutable Database Adds Cluster Support Capable of Billions of Transactions and Potentially Unlimited ...
16 November 2021, Business Wire

Storage news ticker – November 15 – Blocks and Files
15 November 2021, Blocks & Files

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here