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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. Sadas Engine

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  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.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.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.comwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014HarperDBKineticaSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2012201720122006
Current release3.1, August 20217.1, August 20218.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC, C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
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++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'Custom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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