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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. NuoDB vs. PouchDB vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. NuoDB vs. PouchDB vs. Yanza

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  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.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepouchdb.comyanza.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedoc.nuodb.compouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software FoundationYanza
Initial release2012201320122015
Current release7.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Sourcecommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnono
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptany language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'Java, SQLView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID infotunable commit protocolnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.yes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnono

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