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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Hazelcast vs. Lovefield vs. RisingWave vs. SQL.JS

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  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.A widely adopted in-memory data gridEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comhazelcast.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.risingwave.com/­databasesql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasehazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAsthon TateHazelcastGoogleRisingWave LabsAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release19792008201420222012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.3.6, November 20232.1.12, February 20171.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptRustJavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariDocker
Linux
macOS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesnoUDFs in Python or Javano
Triggersnoyes infoEventsUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoReplicated Mapnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithmnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
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 DBMSone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access controlnoUsers and Rolesno

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