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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLight-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.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#141  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbasex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.basex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBaseX GmbHCockroach LabsObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release20142007201520171993
Current release11.2, August 202424.1.0, May 20244.0 (May 2024)3.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaGoC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infoXQuery supports typesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBCProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
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
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnonoyes
Triggersyesyes infovia eventsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal 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 RAFTnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication using RAFTData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagemultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsRole-based access controlyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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