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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. ScyllaDB vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. ScyllaDB vs. TypeDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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 HadoopCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeWide column storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.scylladb.comtypedb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.scylladb.comtypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Hypertable Inc.ScyllaDBVaticle
Initial release2012200920152016
Current release0.9.8.11, March 2016ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20242.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyes, Luano
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseHypertableScyllaDBTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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