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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Ehcache vs. MonetDB vs. Neo4j vs. OpenQM

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptiondBase 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 widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score42.68
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.monetdb.orgneo4j.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMonetDB BVNeo4j, Inc.Rocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release19792009200420071993
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.10.0, March 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 20235.23, August 20243.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCJava, Scala
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JCacheJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noyes, in SQL, C, Ryes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsyes
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes infovia event handleryes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding via remote tablesyes using Neo4j Fabricyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Servernone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Causal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)Access rights can be defined down to the item level
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dBASEEhcacheMonetDBNeo4jOpenQM infoalso called QM
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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