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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EsgynDB vs. FoundationDB vs. jBASE vs. Rockset

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
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 TrafodionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaserockset.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rockset.com
DeveloperAsthon TateEsgynFoundationDBRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Rockset
Initial release19792015201319912019
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20196.2.28, November 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingoptionaldynamic typing
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.noyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyessupported in specific SQL layer onlyEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresin SQL-layer onlyyesno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesin SQL-layer onlynono
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 DBMSACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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