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DBMS > Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph

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NameGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  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.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBCloud-based data warehousing serviceEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmemgraph.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperGoogleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014IBMGoogleMemgraph Ltd
Initial release20172010201420142017
Current release2.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesyesnono
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Implementation languageErlangJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nonono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptPL/SQL, SQL PLno
Triggersyes, with Cloud FunctionsyesyesUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsUsing Cloud Dataflowyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
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.Access rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers, roles and permissions
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