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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. HarperDB vs. Hyprcubd vs. Ingres vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. HarperDB vs. Hyprcubd vs. Ingres vs. ObjectBox

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Serverless Time Series DBMSWell established RDBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.harperdb.iohyprcubd.com (offline)www.actian.com/­databases/­ingresobjectbox.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014HarperDBHyprcubd, Inc.Actian CorporationObjectBox Limited
Initial release201220171974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2017
Current release3.1, August 202111.2, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageNode.jsGoCC and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
hostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyesyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
gRPC (https).NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'Custom Functions infosince release 3.1noyesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedIngres Replicatoronline/offline synchronization between client and server
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 ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
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 rulesAccess rights for users and rolestoken accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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