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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EsgynDB vs. FileMaker vs. SurrealDB

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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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.esgyn.cnwww.claris.com/­filemakersurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateEsgynClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release1979201519832022
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201919.4.1, November 2021v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaRust
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetPHPDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
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 DBMSACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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