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DBMS > Geode vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  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 with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoreazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseorigodb.com
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.GoogleMicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2002201720102009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release1.1, February 2017V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhostedhostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.nonoyesno infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)noyesno
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsTransact SQLyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
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.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization

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