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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Immudb vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transwarp KunDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp KunDB  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.An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Widely used in-process key-value storeSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsOLTP DBMS based on a distributed architecture and highly compatible with MySQL and Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#341  Overall
#149  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlwww.sadasengine.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­kundb
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.immudb.iodocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperAsthon TateCodenotaryOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleSADAS s.r.l.Transwarp
Initial release1979202019942006
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20191.2.3, April 202218.1.40, May 20208.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license availablecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.noyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like syntaxyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableyesyes
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDE.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nononoyes
Triggersnonoyes infoonly for the SQL APInoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
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 DBMSACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes

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