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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. NebulaGraph vs. PouchDB vs. Splunk

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  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 DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
pouchdb.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.nebula-graph.iopouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Vesoft Inc.Apache Software FoundationSplunk Inc.
Initial release2012201920122003
Current release7.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
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.nononoyes
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.yes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
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
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'user defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptyes
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Multi-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByes 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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access controlnoAccess rights for users and roles
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseNebulaGraphPouchDBSplunk
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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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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