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DBMS > Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HarperDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HarperDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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 drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Document storeDocument storeDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.harperdb.iowww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogleGoogleHarperDBPerconaSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20152017201720152022
Current release3.1, August 20213.4.10-2.10, November 2017v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++Rust
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query language
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
proprietary protocol using JSONGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
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
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1JavaScript
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
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 replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesUsing Cloud Dataflownoyesno
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsyesAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infovia In-Memory Engine
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 rolesAccess rights for users and rolesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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