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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. GridGain vs. RDFox vs. Rockset vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. GridGain vs. RDFox vs. Rockset vs. TinkerGraph

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  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.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gridgain.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techrockset.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014GridGain Systems, Inc.Oxford Semantic TechnologiesRockset
Initial release20122007201720192009
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.16.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++C++Java
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.noyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP RESTTinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)replication via a shared file systemyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
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 in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsRoles, resources, and access typesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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