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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Vitess

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelEvent StoreRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.10
Rank#179  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#209  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.comsurrealdb.comvitess.io
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmsurrealdb.com/­docsvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMcObjectSurrealDB LtdThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release2012200120222013
Current release21.2, February 20218.2, 2021v1.1.1, January 202415.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++RustGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces available
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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EventStoreDBeXtremeDBSurrealDBVitess
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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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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