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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SWC-DB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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.Spatial extension of H2Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homelearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014CNRSMicrosoftOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Alex Kashirin
Initial release20122013201519842020
Current releaseV17.4.1.1, 20210.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedHP Open VMSLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infobased on H2nono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes infobased on H2yes infousing Azure authentication

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