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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. openGemini vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. openGemini vs. Sequoiadb

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeSearch engineTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.09
Rank#361  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
www.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.opengemini.org/­guidewww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014MicrosoftHuawei and openGemini communitySequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20122014201520222013
Current releaseV11.1, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP RESTproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions in JavaScriptnonoJavaScript
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenonoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoyes infousing Azure authenticationAdministrators and common users accountssimple password-based access control

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