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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. InfinityDB vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. InfinityDB vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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 Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseboilerbay.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.net
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaseboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdoc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Boiler Bay Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2012200220132005
Current release4.03.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noJava, SQLuser defined functions
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infotunable commit protocolACID
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.noyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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