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DBMS > dBASE vs. eXtremeDB vs. GeoSpock vs. OpenQM vs. PlanetScale

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. eXtremeDB vs. GeoSpock vs. OpenQM vs. PlanetScale

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of Vitess
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.mcobject.comgeospock.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmplanetscale.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmplanetscale.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateMcObjectGeoSpockRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsPlanetScale
Initial release1979200119932020
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20198.2, 20212.0, September 20193.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageC and C++Java, JavascriptGo
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 availablenoyes
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources..NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
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 proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesnoyesyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingAutomatic shardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
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 DBMSACIDnoACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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dBASEeXtremeDBGeoSpockOpenQM infoalso called QMPlanetScale
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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