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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Infobright vs. NebulaGraph vs. Oracle vs. Realm

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInfobright  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOracle  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  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.High performant column-oriented DBMS for analytic workloads using MySQL or PostgreSQL as a frontendA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSWidely used RDBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Oracle Spatial and Graph
RDF store infowith Oracle Spatial and Graph
Spatial DBMS infowith Oracle Spatial and Graph
Vector DBMS infosince Oracle 23
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score15.07
Rank#38  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.05
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score2.36
Rank#124  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1221.06
Rank#1  Overall
#1  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseignitetech.com/­softwarelibrary/­infobrightdbgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.oracle.com/­databaserealm.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.oracle.com/­en/­databaserealm.io/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Ignite Technologies Inc.; formerly InfoBright Inc.Vesoft Inc.OracleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20122005201919802014
Current release23c, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoThe open source (GPLv2) version did not support inserts/updates/deletes and was discontinued with July 2016Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageCC++C and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes infoSchemaless in JSON and XML columnsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesno infoKnowledge Grid Technology used insteadyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Cobol
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Fortran
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Tcl
Visual Basic
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nouser defined functionsPL/SQL infoalso stored procedures in Java possibleno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan be realized in PL/SQLno
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDACID infoisolation level can be parameterizedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoVersion 12c introduced the new option 'Oracle Database In-Memory'yes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard infoexploiting MySQL or PostgreSQL frontend capabilitiesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseInfobrightNebulaGraphOracleRealm
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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