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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.07
Rank#71  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#268  Overall
#38  Document stores
#20  Graph DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbysurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19972022
Current release10.16.1.1, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageJavaRust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yes
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBSurrealDB
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