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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere

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

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  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 developmentDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument storeSearch engineTime Series DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchquasar.airockset.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaselearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.rockset.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014MicrosoftquasardbRocksetSiteWhere
Initial release20122015200920192010
Current releaseV13.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binarydynamic 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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP APIHTTP RESTHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nonono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoconsistent hashingAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationnono
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 ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes infousing Azure authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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