DB-EnginesExtremeDB: the mission critical dbmsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > CouchDB vs. dBASE vs. InfinityDB

System Properties Comparison CouchDB vs. dBASE vs. InfinityDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.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.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.46
Rank#42  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score15.03
Rank#41  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#376  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Websitecouchdb.apache.orgwww.dbase.comboilerbay.com
Technical documentationdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stablewww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerAsthon TateBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release200519792002
Current release3.3.1, January 2023dBASE 2019, 20194.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageErlangJava
Server operating systemsAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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 indexesyes infovia viewsyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
dBase proprietary IDEJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single document possibleno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users and rolesno

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
CouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"dBASEInfinityDB
DB-Engines blog posts

Couchbase climbs up the DB-Engines Ranking, increasing its popularity by 10% every month
2 June 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

DB-Engines Ranking coverage expanded to 169 database management systems
3 June 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

How to install the CouchDB NoSQL database on Debian Server 11
16 June 2022, TechRepublic

How to deploy CouchDB as a cluster with Docker
30 June 2022, TechRepublic

IBM Cloudant pulls plan to fund new foundational layer for CouchDB
15 March 2022, The Register

What is CouchDB and Why Should I Care?
4 July 2012, InfoQ.com

Syncing Hyperledger Fabric StateDB (CouchDB) to Elasticsearch ...
4 November 2021, Wire19

provided by Google News

Microsoft brings back dBASE file support (.dbf) in Access for Office ...
7 September 2016, MSPoweruser

Health Law Disruption: Cybersecurity and Emerging Data Risks, a Legal Docuseries by the American Health Law Association & dBase Media Premieres July 14, 2022
14 July 2022, Yahoo Finance

We Found the OG Tech Influencer
11 October 2022, PCMag

Retro Database dBASE Making a Comeback?
20 March 2013, Visual Studio Magazine

WFP DBase (Logistics Data, Budgets and Systems Execution ...
23 December 2019, ReliefWeb

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

Engineering Manager
Shipt, Birmingham, AL

Sr. Command Center Analyst
Ancestry, Remote

Erlang Developer
2600Hz, Henderson, NV

Data Engineer
Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH), Charlestown, MA

Java Developer - Loyalty Solutions
Bath & Body Works, Columbus, OH

Data Processor
Marie Leising & Associates, Michigan

Machine Operator - Weekend Shift
Farmer Brothers, Northlake, TX

Conversational AI Developer
Stellar IT Solutions, Winter Garden, FL

Variable Data Processor
Taylor Corporation, Grove City, OH

Control Engineer Technician
Victoria's Secret, Reynoldsburg, OH

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

Cassandra Forward online event

Want to level up your Cassandra game?
If you missed the event or would like to re-watch a session, replays are available now. Watch now!

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Present your product here