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

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  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 columnsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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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
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperAsthon TateTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMonetDB BVObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release19792009200420171993
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.10.0, March 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 20234.0 (May 2024)3.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC and C++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
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
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.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, Rnoyes
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding via remote tablesnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Servernone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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