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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. dBASE vs. Derby vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.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.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Document store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.dbase.comdb.apache.org/­derbycloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperBaseX GmbHAsthon TateApache Software FoundationGoogleSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20071979199720152013
Current release10.7, August 2023dBASE 2019, 201910.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesnoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
dBase proprietary IDEJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored ProceduresnoJavaScript
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDAtomic single-row operationsDocument is locked during a transaction
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 controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)simple password-based access control

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