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DBMS > Firebase Realtime Database vs. mSQL vs. SAP IQ vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Firebase Realtime Database vs. mSQL vs. SAP IQ vs. SiteWhere

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NameFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  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 RDBMSColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedTime Series DBMS
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Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Hughes TechnologiesSAP, formerly SybaseSiteWhere
Initial release2012199419942010
Current release4.4, October 202116.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJava
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'noyes
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSAP/Sybase Replication Serverselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate 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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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