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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. EsgynDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. STSdb

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.esgyn.cnwww.mcobject.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.cls
DeveloperAsthon TateEsgynMcObjectInterSystemsSTS Soft SC
Initial release19792015200120182011
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20198.2, 20212023.3, June 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC and C++C#
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresyesyesno
Triggersnonoyes infoby defining eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
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 datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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InterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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