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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Milvus vs. OrigoDB vs. PouchDB vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Milvus vs. OrigoDB vs. PouchDB vs. STSdb

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  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.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument storeVector DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasemilvus.ioorigodb.compouchdb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasemilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdorigodb.com/­docspouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Robert Friberg et alApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release201220192009 infounder the name LiveDB20122011
Current release2.3.4, January 20247.1.1, June 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC#JavaScriptC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and StringUser defined using .NET types and collectionsnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.NetJavaScriptC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyesView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonodepending on modelnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsRole based authorizationnono
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseMilvusOrigoDBPouchDBSTSdb
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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