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DBMS > Firebird vs. GreptimeDB vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Firebird vs. GreptimeDB vs. Rockset

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NameFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.firebirdsql.orggreptime.comrockset.com
Technical documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.greptime.comdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperFirebird FoundationGreptime Inc.Rockset
Initial release2000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase20222019
Current release5.0.0, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageC and C++RustC++
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typing
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 supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPSQLPythonno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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FirebirdGreptimeDBRockset
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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