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DBMS > eXtremeDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. HEAVY.AI vs. JaguarDB vs. Kinetica

System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. HEAVY.AI vs. JaguarDB vs. Kinetica

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardwarePerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.64
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
www.jaguardb.comwww.kinetica.com
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.heavy.aiwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmldocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperMcObjectGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014HEAVY.AI, Inc.DataJaguar, Inc.Kinetica
Initial release20012012201620152012
Current release8.2, 20215.10, January 20223.3 July 20237.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++C++ and CUDAC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC, C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'nonouser defined functions
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding infoRound robinShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replicationMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table level
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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