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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Memgraph vs. Realm vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Memgraph vs. Realm vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  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.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.hawkular.orgmemgraph.comrealm.iovictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidememgraph.com/­docsrealm.io/­docsdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Community supported by Red HatMemgraph LtdRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019VictoriaMetrics
Initial release20122014201720142018
Current releasev1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
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 indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneSynchronous replication
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
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoUsers, roles and permissionsyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseHawkular MetricsMemgraphRealmVictoriaMetrics
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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