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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hazelcast vs. Ingres vs. Linter vs. ReductStore

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hazelcast vs. Ingres vs. Linter vs. ReductStore

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  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.A widely adopted in-memory data gridWell established RDBMSRDBMS for high security requirementsDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Spatial DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasehazelcast.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreslinter.rugithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasehazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingreswww.reduct.store/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014HazelcastActian Corporationrelex.ruReductStore LLC
Initial release201220081974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s19902023
Current release5.3.6, November 202311.2, May 20221.9, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC and C++C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesyesyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQL
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoEventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated MapIngres ReplicatorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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