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DBMS > Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HarperDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HarperDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Cloud 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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Document storeDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.harperdb.ioorigodb.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.harperdb.io/­docsorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogleGoogleHarperDBRobert Friberg et alMireo
Initial release2015201720172009 infounder the name LiveDB2020
Current release3.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC#C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.nononono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.NetC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesUsing Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsyesAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access 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 and rolesRole based authorizationyes

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