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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. STSdb vs. TerminusDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.dbase.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4terminusdb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperCockroach LabsAsthon TateSTS Soft SCDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2015197920112018
Current release24.1.0, May 2024dBASE 2019, 20194.0.8, September 201511.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC#Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
WindowsLinux
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources..NET Client APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
dBase proprietary IDEC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyes
Triggersnononoyes
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 RAFTnonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnonenoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
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 DBMSnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesnoRole-based access control

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