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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. RisingWave vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. RisingWave vs. YottaDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  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 serverA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA 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 storeRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.61
Rank#237  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.risingwave.com/­databaseyottadb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.intersystems.comdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014InterSystemsRisingWave LabsYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2012199720222001
Current release2018.1.4, May 20201.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageRustC
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONno
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.noyesnono
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
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesUDFs in Python or Java
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesUsers and RolesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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