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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Greenplum vs. Immudb vs. Lovefield vs. NuoDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  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.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegreenplum.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
google.github.io/­lovefieldwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.greenplum.orgdocs.immudb.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Pivotal Software Inc.CodenotaryGoogleDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20122005202020142013
Current release7.0.0, September 20231.2.3, April 20222.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safarihosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like syntaxSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnonoJava, SQL
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnoUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDByes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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