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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OpenEdge vs. Quasardb

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  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.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument storeSearch engineRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score5.75
Rank#58  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.progress.com/­openedgequasar.ai
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaselearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014MicrosoftProgress Software Corporationquasardb
Initial release2012201519842009
Current releaseV1OpenEdge 12.2, March 20203.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Sharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes infousing Azure authenticationUsers and groupsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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