DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > dBASE vs. GridGain vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. GridGain vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. XTDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.gridgain.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatagithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatawww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateGridGain Systems, Inc.Rocket SoftwareJuxt Ltd.
Initial release1979200719852019
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019GridGain 8.5.11.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetCClojure
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesno
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infoU2 Basicno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
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 DBMSACIDACID infoconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
dBASEGridGainUniData,UniVerseXTDB infoformerly named Crux
DB-Engines blog posts

DB-Engines Ranking coverage expanded to 169 database management systems
3 June 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

30 Years Ago: The Rise, Fall and Survival of Ashton-Tate's dBASE
19 September 2013, eWeek

DBF File (What It Is and How to Open One)
6 April 2023, Lifewire

Microsoft Access 2016 Now Supports dBase Database Format
7 September 2016, redmondmag.com

A malicious document could lead to RCE in Apache OpenOffice (CVE-2021-33035)
22 September 2021, Help Net Security

Liam Brady's wife and their family life with three children
20 October 2023, Irish Mirror

provided by Google News

GridGain to Sponsor and Speak at Three Key Industry Events in May 2024
2 May 2024, PR Newswire

GridGain's 2023 Growth Positions Company for Strong 2024
25 January 2024, Datanami

GridGain Named in the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for Event Stream Processing
22 August 2023, GlobeNewswire

GridGain Announces Call for Speakers for Virtual Apache Ignite Summit 2024
8 February 2024, PR Newswire

GridGain Adds Andy Sacks as Chief Revenue Officer, Promotes Lalit Ahuja to Chief Customer and Product Officer ...
17 July 2023, Yahoo Finance

provided by Google News

Unidata uses Jetstream to make geoscience data available to science community
29 January 2020, IU Newsroom

UniData implements a milestone Smart Class Room project at The Asian School | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM ...
8 April 2024, News of Bahrain- DT News

Bahrain Business: UniData implements major 'smart classroom' project
8 April 2024, Gulf Digital News

Unidata turns 25 | NCAR & UCAR News
15 January 2010, news.ucar.edu

Semtech LoRaWAN™ Technology Platform Enables Internet of Things Network in Rome
14 June 2016, GlobeNewswire

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

SingleStore logo

Database for your real-time AI and Analytics Apps.
Try it today.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here