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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. SurrealDB vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. XTDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
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Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.dbase.comsurrealdb.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatagithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasesurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatawww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAsthon TateSurrealDB LtdRocket SoftwareJuxt Ltd.
Initial release1979202219852019
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019v1.5.0, May 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageRustCClojure
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyes, extensible-data-notation format
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesno
Triggersnoyes infoU2 Basicno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 DBMSACIDACID infoconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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