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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Firestore vs. GreptimeDB vs. H2 vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB

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NameGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud 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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.In-memory JavaScript DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregreptime.comwww.h2database.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.greptime.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperGoogleGreptime Inc.Thomas MuellerDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20172022200520142013
Current release2.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageRustJavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsPythonJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsView functions in JavaScriptJava, SQL
Triggersyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsUsing Cloud Dataflownonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCC
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.yesyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Simple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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Google Cloud FirestoreGreptimeDBH2LokiJSNuoDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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