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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. Kingbase vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. Kingbase vs. OrigoDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.A fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.kingbase.com.cnorigodb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaseorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Hypertable Inc.BeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Robert Friberg et al
Initial release2012200919992009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release0.9.8.11, March 2016V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C and JavaC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.noyesno infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoStandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nouser defined functionsyes
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelyesSource-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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization

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