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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. GeoMesa vs. Lovefield vs. SQL.JS vs. TypeDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptPort of SQLite to JavaScriptTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.geomesa.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsql.js.orgtypedb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmltypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateCCRi and othersGoogleAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersVaticle
Initial release19792014201420122016
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.0.0, May 20242.1.12, February 20172.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaScriptJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safariserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JavaScript APIgRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaScriptJavaScriptAll JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nononono
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernonenoneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layernonenoneMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layernoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
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 DBMSnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenonoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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dBASEGeoMesaLovefieldSQL.JSTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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