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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kuzu

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kuzu

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKuzu  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is 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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA multi-model DBMS and application serverAn embeddable property Graph DBMS built for query speed and scalability
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#402  Overall
#41  Graph DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegreptime.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekuzudb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.greptime.comdocs.intersystems.comdocs.kuzudb.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Greptime Inc.InterSystems
Initial release2012202219972022
Current release2018.1.4, May 20200.4.2, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMIT license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageRustC++
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
Cypher Query Language
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'Pythonyesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
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
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseGreptimeDBInterSystems CachéKuzu
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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