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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. Databricks vs. eXtremeDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.The Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.databricks.comwww.mcobject.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.databricks.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperBaseX GmbHDatabricksMcObjectSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release2007201320011992
Current release10.7, August 20238.2, 202117, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes
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.yesno infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnowith Databricks SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregatesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyes infovia eventsyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BaseXDatabrickseXtremeDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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eXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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