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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Memgraph vs. Rockset vs. VelocityDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasememgraph.comrockset.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasememgraph.com/­docsdocs.rockset.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Memgraph LtdRocksetVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2012201720192011
Current release7.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageC and C++C++C#
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST.Net
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infodynamic graph partitioningAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID infowith snapshot isolationnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleBased on Windows Authentication
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseMemgraphRocksetVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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