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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. HBase vs. NebulaGraph vs. Newts vs. PieCloudDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasehbase.apache.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
opennms.github.io/­newtswww.openpie.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasehbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.nebula-graph.iogithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetVesoft Inc.OpenNMS GroupOpenPie
Initial release2012200820192014
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.noyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
HTTP REST
Java API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
JavaJava
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functionsnouser defined functions
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrayes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRole-based access controlnoUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseHBaseNebulaGraphNewtsPieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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