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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. mSQL vs. OpenEdge vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. mSQL vs. OpenEdge vs. TerarkDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.progress.com/­openedgegithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Hughes TechnologiesProgress Software CorporationByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2012199419842016
Current release4.4, October 2021OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infoclose to SQL 92no
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoUsers and groupsno

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