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System Properties Comparison jBASE vs. PostgreSQL vs. SiriDB vs. Speedb vs. Teradata Aster

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NamejBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLOpen Source Time Series DBMSAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Time Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#315  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Websitewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.postgresql.orgsiridb.comwww.speedb.io
Technical documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.postgresql.org/­docsdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)PostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerCesbitSpeedbTeradata
Initial release19911989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL201720202005
Current release5.716.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCC++
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalyesyes infoNumeric datanoyes
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.yesyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nonoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nonoR packages
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingpartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyesyesyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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jBASEPostgreSQLSiriDBSpeedbTeradata Aster
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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