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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. TerminusDB vs. WakandaDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  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.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoreterminusdb.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasefirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoreterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#wakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAsthon TateGoogleDataChemist Ltd.Wakanda SAS
Initial release1979201720182012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201911.0.0, January 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageProlog, RustC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyesyes
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationJournaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
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 DBMSyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Role-based access controlyes

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