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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. OrigoDB vs. QuestDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. OrigoDB vs. QuestDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  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.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.hawkular.orgorigodb.comquestdb.iowww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guideorigodb.com/­docsquestdb.io/­docsdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Community supported by Red HatRobert Friberg et alQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release201220142009 infounder the name LiveDB20142017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
.NetC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyesnoyes
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes infoDomain Eventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonodepending on modelnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoRole based authorizationRole-based access control
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseHawkular MetricsOrigoDBQuestDBTigerGraph
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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