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DBMS > Ingres vs. NuoDB vs. PouchDB vs. Realm vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Ingres vs. NuoDB vs. PouchDB vs. Realm vs. Transbase

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NameIngres  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWell established RDBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.63
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#355  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepouchdb.comrealm.iowww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresdoc.nuodb.compouchdb.com/­guidesrealm.io/­docswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperActian CorporationDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software FoundationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release1974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2013201220141987
Current release12.0, July 20247.1.1, June 2019Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++JavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.no infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnonoyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslydata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesIngres Replicatoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
noneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnoACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary tableyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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