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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. SQL.JS vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. SQL.JS vs. TerminusDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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 fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLPort of SQLite to JavaScriptScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaseorigodb.compostgis.netsql.js.orgterminusdb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databaseorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Robert Friberg et alAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20122009 infounder the name LiveDB200520122018
Current release3.4.2, February 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC#CJavaScriptProlog, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyesyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
JavaScript APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.NetJavaScriptJavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesuser defined functionsnoyes
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoDomain Eventsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneJournaling Streams
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
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynodepending on modelyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoRole-based access control

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