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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. JanusGraph vs. Newts vs. OrigoDB vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. JanusGraph vs. Newts vs. OrigoDB vs. Quasardb

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  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 Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Time Series DBMS based on CassandraA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasejanusgraph.orgopennms.github.io/­newtsorigodb.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.janusgraph.orggithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiorigodb.com/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusOpenNMS GroupRobert Friberg et alquasardb
Initial release2012201720142009 infounder the name LiveDB2009
Current release0.6.3, February 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC#C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes infointeger and binary
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.nononono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
HTTP REST
Java API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Clojure
Java
Python
Java.Net.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnoyesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Sharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServernoRole based authorizationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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