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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. NCache vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. NCache vs. Vitess

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  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.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#202  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachevitess.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GoogleAlachisoftThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release2012201520052013
Current release5.3.3, April 202415.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGo
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes infoproprietary syntax
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
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 (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesAtomic single-row operationsoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Users with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseGoogle Cloud BigtableNCacheVitess
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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