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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. MarkLogic vs. NCache vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. MarkLogic vs. NCache vs. Yaacomo

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed 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.Operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.progress.com/­marklogicwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheyaacomo.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014MarkLogic Corp.AlachisoftQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2012200120052009
Current release11.0, December 20225.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL92SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
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, with Range Indexesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseMarkLogicNCacheYaacomo
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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