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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. Derby vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HugeGraph

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. Derby vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HugeGraph

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.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.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.dbase.comdb.apache.org/­derbyfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorehugegraph.apache.org/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsAsthon TateApache Software FoundationGoogleBaidu
Initial release20151979199720172018
Current release23.1.1, May 2023dBASE 2019, 201910.17.1.0, November 20230.9
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageGoJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
macOS
Unix
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range index
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
dBase proprietary IDEJavaGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Groovy
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsasynchronous Gremlin script jobs
Triggersnonoyesyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnonenoneShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoUsing Cloud Dataflowvia hugegraph-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes infoedges in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDyesACID
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess 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. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Users, roles and permissions

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