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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. jBASE vs. KeyDB vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. jBASE vs. KeyDB vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#226  Overall
#33  Key-value stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.net
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.keydb.devdoc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)EQ Alpha Technology Ltd.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20011991201920132005
Current release2.7.2, June 20235.73.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoBSD-3commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
Linux
Windows
Linuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalpartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLyesLuaJava, SQLuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelsimple password-based access control and ACLStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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