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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. BigObject vs. dBASE vs. mSQL vs. RDFox

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Analytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesdBase 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.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitearangodb.combigobject.iowww.dbase.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.bigobject.iowww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.BigObject, Inc.Asthon TateHughes TechnologiesOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20122015197919942017
Current release3.11.5, November 2023dBASE 2019, 20194.4, October 20216.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
dBase proprietary IDEC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptLuano infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0nonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornonenonenonereplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
nonenoneImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesno
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess rights for users and rolesnoRoles, resources, and access types
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ArangoDBBigObjectdBASEmSQL infoMini SQLRDFox
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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