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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. dBASE vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. dBASE vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Google Cloud Firestore

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Cloud 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.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score3.58
Rank#92  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score8.96
Rank#48  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.dbase.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestore
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasecloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestore
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsAsthon TateGoogleGoogle
Initial release20122016197920152017
Current release1.20.3, January 20231703dBASE 2019, 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesyes
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedhosted
Data schemeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesnoyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++All languages with LDAP bindingsdBase proprietary IDEC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functions
Triggersnoyesnonoyes, with Cloud Functions
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infocell divisionnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesUsing Cloud Dataflow
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSAtomic single-row operationsyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.

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