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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Kdb vs. OpenTenBase vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Kdb vs. OpenTenBase vs. Yanza

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTenBase  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded 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.High performance Time Series DBMSAn enterprise-level distributed HTAP open source database based on PostgreSQLTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#370  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasekx.comgithub.com/­OpenTenBase/­OpenTenBase
www.opentenbase.org
yanza.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecode.kx.comdocs.opentenbase.org
docs.opentenbase.org/­en
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenAtom Foundation, previously TencentYanza
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032015
Current release3.6, May 20182.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSD-3commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageq
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yesno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
Go
Java
PHP
Python
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'user defined functionsno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infowith viewsyesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseKdbOpenTenBaseYanza
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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