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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hyprcubd vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Access vs. NCache

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hyprcubd vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Access vs. NCache

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded 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.Serverless Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score15.07
Rank#38  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.52
Rank#259  Overall
#41  Document stores
Score107.93
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score1.21
Rank#181  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasehyprcubd.com (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Hyprcubd, Inc.MicrosoftAlachisoft
Initial release2012201419922005
Current release1902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20195.3, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringnoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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 indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (https)JavaScript APIADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noView functions in JavaScriptyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infobut no files for transaction loggingoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulestoken accessnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseHyprcubdLokiJSMicrosoft AccessNCache
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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