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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. OrientDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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 robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score15.07
Rank#38  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.68
Rank#151  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.38
Rank#96  Overall
#17  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#15  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#362  Overall
#38  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseorientdb.orgvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2012199120102011
Current release5.73.2.29, March 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC#
Server operating systemshostedAIX
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.Net
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesJava, Javascriptno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesHooksCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
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 integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableBased on Windows Authentication

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