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DBMS > Apache Phoenix vs. Badger vs. CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. Firebase Realtime Database

System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Badger vs. CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. Firebase Realtime Database

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.dBase 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.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#331  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Websitephoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.dbase.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-database
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orggodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasefirebase.google.com/­docs/­database
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDGraph LabsCockroach LabsAsthon TateGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014
Initial release20142017201519792012
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 201923.1.1, May 2023dBASE 2019, 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaGoGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hosted
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-free
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBCnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
GoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
dBase proprietary IDEJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.limited functionality with using 'rules'
TriggersnonononoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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