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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. GBase vs. NSDb vs. Rockset vs. SurrealDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.gbase.cnnsdb.iorockset.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasensdb.io/­Architecturedocs.rockset.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.RocksetSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19792004201720192022
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8cv1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJava, ScalaC++Rust
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxLinux
macOS
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringdynamic typingyes
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.yesnono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
HTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC#Java
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
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 DBMSACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes, based on authentication and database rules

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