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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. NebulaGraph vs. OpenQM vs. PouchDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. NebulaGraph vs. OpenQM vs. PouchDB vs. QuestDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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 distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmpouchdb.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.nebula-graph.iopouchdb.com/­guidesquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Vesoft Inc.Rocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsApache Software FoundationQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20122019199320122014
Current release3.4-127.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemayes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenonoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'user defined functionsyesView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication with eventual consistency
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
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDnoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes 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 infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno
More information provided by the system vendor
Firebase Realtime DatabaseNebulaGraphOpenQM infoalso called QMPouchDBQuestDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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