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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. CockroachDB vs. dBASE

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationCockroachDB 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.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.18
Rank#311  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score4.17
Rank#65  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score7.29
Rank#47  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.dbase.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebase
DeveloperAxibase CorporationCockroach LabsAsthon Tate
Initial release201320151979
Current release1558524.1.0, May 2024dBASE 2019, 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
dBase proprietary IDE
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal 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 nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMS
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles

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