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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. Derby vs. PouchDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase 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.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#347  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comdb.apache.org/­derbypouchdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlpouchdb.com/­guidesvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperAsthon TateApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20161979199720122011
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201910.17.1.0, November 20237.1.1, June 20197.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.Net
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDEJavaJavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersnoyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoBased on Windows Authentication

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