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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. PieCloudDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. PieCloudDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  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.A cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.37
Rank#271  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#361  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.openpie.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GoogleOpenPieTranswarp
Initial release20122015
Current release2.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesyesno
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Server operating systemshostedhostedhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nouser defined functions
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes
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)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesAtomic single-row operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.no
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)User Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseGoogle Cloud BigtablePieCloudDBTranswarp ArgoDB
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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