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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. dBASE vs. Ignite vs. Lovefield vs. SpaceTime

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LucenedBase 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.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.dbase.comignite.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseapacheignite.readme.io/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperCrateAsthon TateApache Software FoundationGoogleMireo
Initial release20131979201520142020
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019Apache Ignite 2.62.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaC++, Java, .NetJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
dBase proprietary IDEC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)no infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
Triggersnonoyes (cache interceptors and events)Using read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelnoneyes (replicated cache)noneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and rolesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnoyes
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CrateDBdBASEIgniteLovefieldSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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