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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Firestore vs. HyperSQL vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. Realm

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NameGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA multi-model DBMS and application serverA multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodesA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score2.95
Rank#100  Overall
#17  Document stores
#17  Key-value stores
#50  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorehsqldb.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosqlrealm.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorehsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.intersystems.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.htmlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperGoogleInterSystemsOracleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20172001199720112014
Current release2.7.2, June 20232018.1.4, May 202023.3, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Solaris SPARC/x86
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelSupport Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C#
C++
Java
C
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsJava, SQLyesnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneSource-replica replicationElectable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table featurenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsUsing Cloud Dataflownonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infooff heap cacheyes infoIn-Memory realm
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.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and rolesyes

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