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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. GreptimeDB vs. Hive vs. Hypertable

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. GreptimeDB vs. Hive vs. Hypertable

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed 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.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencydata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as Hadoop
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gigaspaces.comgreptime.comhive.apache.org
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.greptime.comcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Home
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Gigaspaces TechnologiesGreptime Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookHypertable Inc.
Initial release20122000202220122009
Current release15.5, September 20203.1.3, April 20220.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetRustJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scans
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
C++ API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesPythonyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, event driven architecturenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
selectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnono
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access controlSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno
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Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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