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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. FileMaker vs. Hypertable vs. NCache

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHypertable Inc.Alachisoft
Initial release20161979198320092005
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 20210.9.8.11, March 20165.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDEPHPC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor on file system levelyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
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 DBMSnonooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
More information provided by the system vendor
BigchainDBdBASEFileMakerHypertableNCache
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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