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System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. Couchbase

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Name

Description

Fast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewritten

A distributed document store with a powerful search engine and in-built operational and analytical capabilities

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS

in next version

Document store

Secondary database models

Key-value store

originating from the former Membase product and supporting the Memcached protocol
Spatial DBMS

using the Geocouch extension

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Score	0.31
Rank	#309	Overall
	#44	Document stores
	#28	Graph DBMS
	#43	Key-value stores
	#25	Time Series DBMS

Score	23.36
Rank	#31	Overall
	#5	Document stores

Website

arcadedb.com

www.couchbase.com

Technical documentation

docs.arcadedb.com

docs.couchbase.com

Developer

Arcade Data

Couchbase, Inc.

Initial release

2021

2011

Current release

September 2021

Server: 7.0, July 2021; Mobile: 3, February 2022; Couchbase Capella, October 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache version 2; Commercial licenses also available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C, C++, Go and Erlang

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

String, Boolean, Number

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language, no joins

Declarative query language (N1QL) that extends ANSI SQL to JSON. First commercial implementation of SQL++.

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin

Native language bindings for CRUD, Query, Search and Analytics APIs

Supported programming languages

Java

.Net
C
Go
Java
JavaScript

Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Functions and timers in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

via the TAP protocol

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

Multi-source replication

including cross data center replication
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

selectable on a per-operation basis

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

Ephemeral buckets

User concepts

Access control

User and Administrator separation with password-based and LDAP integrated Authentication

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

Amadeus, AT&T, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Carrefour, Cisco, Comcast, Disney,...
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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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