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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. LokiJS vs. Snowflake

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  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 DBMSCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score15.07
Rank#38  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.52
Rank#259  Overall
#41  Document stores
Score125.38
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Snowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release201220142014
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaScriptJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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