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DBMS > GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. SingleStore vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. SingleStore vs. TypeDB

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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.MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector 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
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#8  Object oriented DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.singlestore.comtypedb.com
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.singlestore.comtypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesGoogleSingleStore Inc.Vaticle
Initial release2000201720132016
Current release15.5, September 20208.5, January 20242.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++, GoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 metadatanonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
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
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyesno
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyes, with Cloud Functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioningno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsUsing Cloud Dataflowno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
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.Fine grained access control via users, groups and rolesyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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GigaSpacesGoogle Cloud FirestoreSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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