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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. SwayDB vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. SwayDB vs. TimesTen

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
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 embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gigaspaces.comswaydb.simer.auwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Gigaspaces TechnologiesSimer PlahaOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release2012200020181998
Current release15.5, September 202011 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetScala
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnoPL/SQL
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, event driven architecturenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
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 Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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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