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System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. Rockset vs. ScyllaDB vs. SiriDB

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  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 scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.60
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score4.15
Rank#69  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databaserockset.comwww.scylladb.comsiridb.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rockset.comdocs.scylladb.comdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014RocksetScyllaDBCesbit
Initial release2012201920152017
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 6.0.2, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++C
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesyes infoNumeric data
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyes, Luano
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes
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
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
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.yes infoin-memory tablesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users can be defined per objectsimple rights management via user accounts
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Firebase Realtime DatabaseRocksetScyllaDBSiriDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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