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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. PouchDB vs. SiriDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBOpen Source Time Series DBMSA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#346  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#204  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.compouchdb.comsiridb.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasepouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.siridb.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateApache Software FoundationCesbitSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20161979201220172022
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20197.1.1, June 2019v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptCRust
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes infoNumeric datayes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDEJavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.View functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
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 DBMSnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesnosimple rights management via user accountsyes, based on authentication and database rules

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