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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. Hypertable vs. Ignite vs. Kdb

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  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 BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.High performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Wide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gigaspaces.comignite.apache.orgkx.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docscode.kx.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Gigaspaces TechnologiesHypertable Inc.Apache Software FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20122000200920152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release15.5, September 20200.9.8.11, March 2016Apache Ignite 2.63.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++C++, Java, .Netq
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 metadatayesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
C++ API
Thrift
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functions
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, event driven architecturenoyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
selectable replication factor on file system levelyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACIDno
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access controlnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsrights management via user accounts
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseGigaSpacesHypertableIgniteKdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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