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DBMS > Datomic vs. Firebird vs. GigaSpaces vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Firebird vs. GigaSpaces vs. jBASE

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.gigaspaces.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperCognitectFirebird FoundationGigaspaces TechnologiesRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release20122000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase20001991
Current release1.0.7075, December 20235.0.0, January 202415.5, September 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC and C++Java, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptional
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-99 for query and DML statementsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsPSQLyesyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyes, event driven architectureyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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