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

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Open Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelEvent StoreDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
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.comravendb.netwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comravendb.net/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedHibernating Rhinosinformationpartners gmbhSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2012201020152022
Current release21.2, February 20215.4, July 20221.0v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
WindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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 SQLSQL-like query language (RQL)noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID, Cluster-wide transaction availablemultiple 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 controlAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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