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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  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 robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance Time Series DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelDocument storeMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#54  Document stores
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasekx.comorigodb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9code.kx.comorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRobert Friberg et al
Initial release201219912000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release5.73.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageqC#
Server operating systemshostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesuser defined functionsyes
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes infowith viewsyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono 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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
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 can be defined down to the item levelrights management via user accountsRole based authorization
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Firebase Realtime DatabasejBASEKdbOrigoDB
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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