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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. JSqlDb vs. PouchDB vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. JSqlDb vs. PouchDB vs. TimesTen

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB 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.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBAn in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.91
Rank#197  Overall
#33  Document stores
#7  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.26
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gigaspaces.comjsqldb.org (offline)pouchdb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­timesten/­index.html
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Gigaspaces TechnologiesKonrad von BackstromApache Software FoundationOracle infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20122000201820121998
Current release15.5, September 20200.8, December 20187.1.1, June 2019Release 22.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)IBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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 metadatanonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
JavaScriptJavaScriptC
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesfunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptPL/SQL
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, event driven architecturenoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
noneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnoyesno
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, ANYEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
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 controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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