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

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

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  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, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegreptime.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.speedb.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.greptime.comdocs.intersystems.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Greptime Inc.InterSystemsSpeedb
Initial release2012202219972020
Current release2018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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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
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelschema-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.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
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Java
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'Pythonyesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyes
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 CachéSpeedb
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Speedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Speedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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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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Open source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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