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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GreptimeDB vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegreptime.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmemgraph.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.greptime.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Greptime Inc.GoogleMemgraph Ltd
Initial release2012202220142017
Current release2.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageRustJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free and schema-optional
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'Pythonno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
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 integritynoyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesSimple rights management via user accountsnoUsers, roles and permissions
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseGreptimeDBLovefieldMemgraph
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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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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