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DBMS > Geode vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Immudb vs. Kinetica

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Immudb vs. Kinetica

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.99
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score8.96
Rank#48  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score2.73
Rank#108  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.25
Rank#307  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.69
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.kinetica.com
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.immudb.iodocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.GoogleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014CodenotaryKinetica
Initial release20022017201020202012
Current release1.1, February 20171.2.3, April 20227.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaErlangGoC, C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhostedhostedBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)nonoSQL-like syntaxSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIgRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnouser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, with Cloud Functionsyesnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflowyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeyesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users and roles on table level

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