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DBMS > GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. TigerGraph

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsCloud 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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpostgis.netwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoregithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesGoogleGoogle
Initial release20002017201420052017
Current release15.5, September 20202.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyes, with Cloud FunctionsUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replicationnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsUsing Cloud Dataflownonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.noyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole-based access control

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