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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. ObjectBox

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphbasex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datomic.comobjectbox.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datomic.comdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.BaseX GmbHCockroach LabsCognitectObjectBox Limited
Initial release20162007201520122017
Current release2.1, December 201811.0, June 202424.1.0, May 20241.0.7075, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaGoJava, ClojureC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes infoTransaction Functionsno
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsnoBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsRole-based access controlnoyes
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