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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. YottaDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore 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.A multi-model DBMS and application serverDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseyottadb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.intersystems.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014InterSystemsMicrosoftYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2012199720102001
Current release2018.1.4, May 2020V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesTransact SQL
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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