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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Greenplum vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Greenplum vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Teradata Aster

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.A multi-model DBMS and application serverIn-memory JavaScript DBMSPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegreenplum.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.greenplum.orgdocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Pivotal Software Inc.InterSystemsTeradata
Initial release20122005199720142005
Current release7.0.0, September 20232018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 4.2yesnoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Java
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesyesView functions in JavaScriptR packages
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
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 ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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