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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. HugeGraph vs. NuoDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. HugeGraph vs. NuoDB vs. QuestDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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 fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequestdb.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasehugegraph.apache.org/­docsdoc.nuodb.comquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014BaiduDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2012201820132014
Current release0.9
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Unix
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Groovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'asynchronous Gremlin script jobsJava, SQLno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID for single-table writes
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.yesyes infoTemporary tableyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers, roles and permissionsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseHugeGraphNuoDBQuestDB
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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