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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. MonetDB vs. searchxml vs. SurrealDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelEvent StoreRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMonetDB BVinformationpartners gmbhSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2012200420152022
Current release21.2, February 2021Dec2023 (11.49), December 20231.0v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryes infoon the application server
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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