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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Graphite vs. ObjectBox vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Graphite vs. ObjectBox vs. TerarkDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
github.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasegraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.objectbox.iobytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Chris DavisObjectBox LimitedByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2012200620172016
Current release4.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languagePythonC and C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes, plus "flex" map-like typesno
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
Proprietary native APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nonono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
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 rulesnoyesno
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