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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. Newts vs. ObjectBox vs. Rockset vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Newts vs. ObjectBox vs. Rockset vs. Yanza

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Time Series DBMS based on CassandraExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseopennms.github.io/­newtsobjectbox.iorockset.comyanza.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasegithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.objectbox.iodocs.rockset.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014OpenNMS GroupObjectBox LimitedRocksetYanza
Initial release20122014201720192015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingno
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 indexesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Java API
Proprietary native APIHTTP RESTHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
JavaC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'nononono
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnononoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on CassandranoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
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 persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
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