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System Properties Comparison jBASE vs. mSQL vs. PostGIS vs. Transbase vs. Trino

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Name

Description

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS

Spatial extension of PostgreSQL

A resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS

Fast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store

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Trend Chart

Score	1.41
Rank	#159	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	1.27
Rank	#167	Overall
	#77	Relational DBMS

Score	22.69
Rank	#29	Overall
	#1	Spatial DBMS

Score	0.11
Rank	#341	Overall
	#150	Relational DBMS

Score	5.00
Rank	#66	Overall
	#36	Relational DBMS

Website

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

hughestech.com.au/products/msql

postgis.net

www.transaction.de/en/products/transbase.html

trino.io

Technical documentation

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

postgis.net/documentation

www.transaction.de/en/products/transbase/features.html

trino.io/broadcast
trino.io/docs/current

Social network pages

Developer

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Hughes Technologies

Transaction Software GmbH

Trino Software Foundation

Initial release

1991

1994

2005

1987

2012

2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL

Current release

5.7

4.4, October 2021

3.4.2, February 2024

Transbase 8.3, 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

free licenses can be provided

Open Source

GPL v2.0

commercial

free development license

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C and C++

Java

Server operating systems

AIX
Linux
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows

Linux
macOS

for devlopment

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

optional

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

depending on connected data-source

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

no subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

JDBC
ODBC

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API

JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI

Supported programming languages

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl

C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions

yes

yes, depending on connected data-source

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

depending on connected data-source

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

none

yes

based on PostgreSQL

Source-replica replication

depending on connected data-source

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

depending on connected data-source

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

depending on connected data-source

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

depending on connected data-source

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

yes

based on PostgreSQL

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

SQL standard access control

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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