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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. ObjectBox

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  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.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score13.06
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.08
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014ObjectBox Limited
Initial release20122017
Current release4.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'no
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseObjectBox
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