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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. NebulaGraph vs. OpenQM vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  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 CouchDBA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmraima.com
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.raima.com
DeveloperGoogleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Vesoft Inc.Rocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsRaima Inc.
Initial release20172010201919931984
Current release3.4-1215, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageErlangC++C
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinuxAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeStrong typed schemayes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyesno infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIBrowser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptuser defined functionsyesyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingyeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolyesSource-replica replication
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
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 databaseRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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