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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Manticore Search vs. PouchDB vs. ScyllaDB vs. SurrealDB

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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.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument storeWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#301  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score4.15
Rank#69  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.commanticoresearch.compouchdb.comwww.scylladb.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasemanual.manticoresearch.compouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.scylladb.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateManticore SoftwareApache Software FoundationScyllaDBSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19792017201220152022
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20196.0, February 20237.1.1, June 2019ScyllaDB Open Source 6.0.2, July 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++Rust
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesFixed schemaschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleannoyesyes
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.Can index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScriptFor CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptyes, Lua
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
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 DBMSyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes 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.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnonoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rules
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dBASEManticore SearchPouchDBScyllaDBSurrealDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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