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

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

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  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 scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacherockset.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.intersystems.comdocs.rockset.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014InterSystemsRocksetYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2012199720192001
Current release2018.1.4, May 2020
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 modelschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingno
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.noyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTPostgreSQL 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'yesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyes
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 ConsistencyEventual 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 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 rolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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