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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. TigerGraph vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. TigerGraph vs. YottaDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  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.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score6.63
Rank#54  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.tigergraph.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasefirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.tigergraph.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GoogleYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2012201720172001
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (GSQL)by using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C++
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflowyesno
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyesACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Role-based access controlUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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