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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. NebulaGraph vs. RavenDB vs. Splice Machine vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. NebulaGraph vs. RavenDB vs. Splice Machine vs. SWC-DB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 DBMSOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.54
Rank#252  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
ravendb.netsplicemachine.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.nebula-graph.ioravendb.net/­docssplicemachine.com/­how-it-works
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Vesoft Inc.Hibernating RhinosSplice MachineAlex Kashirin
Initial release20122019201020142020
Current release5.4, July 20223.1, March 20210.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C#JavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyesschema-free
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.nonono
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (RQL)yesSQL-like query language
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
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'user defined functionsyesyes infoJavano
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesYes, via Full Spark Integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
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 controlAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseNebulaGraphRavenDBSplice MachineSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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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