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DBMS > Firebolt vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. IBM Db2 vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Firebolt vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. IBM Db2 vs. Transbase

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NameFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score0.37
Rank#278  Overall
#128  Relational DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.firebolt.iowww.postgresql.fastware.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.firebolt.iowww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualscloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2www.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperFirebolt Analytics Inc.PostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyGoogleIBMTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release202020151983 infohost version1987
Current releaseFujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 202212.1, October 2016Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree version is availablecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesyes
Triggersnoyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodespartitioning by range, list and by hashShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Version
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-row operationsACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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FireboltFujitsu Enterprise PostgresGoogle Cloud BigtableIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2Transbase
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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