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DBMS > Google Cloud Firestore vs. LokiJS vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Firestore vs. LokiJS vs. RDFox

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NameGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.63
Rank#54  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoretechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperGoogleOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release201720142017
Current release6.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScriptC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonereplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsUsing Cloud Dataflowyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.yesyes
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.noRoles, resources, and access types

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