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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2 vs. LokiJS vs. PlanetScale

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2 vs. LokiJS vs. PlanetScale

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformCloud 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.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.In-memory JavaScript DBMSScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of Vitess
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.49
Rank#155  Overall
#72  Relational DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.h2database.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSplanetscale.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSplanetscale.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogleGoogleThomas MuellerPlanetScale
Initial release20082017200520142020
Current release2.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemshostedhostedAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)noyesnoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaJavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App Engineyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsView functions in JavaScriptyes infoproprietary syntax
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using PaxosMulti-source replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud DataflowUsing Cloud Dataflownoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnoyesnoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsyesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
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.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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