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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.42
Rank#76  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#371  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score1.09
Rank#172  Overall
#7  Object oriented DBMS
#13  Vector DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyen.gstore.cngithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationObjectBox Limited
Initial release199720162017
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20231.2, November 20234.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSDBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, 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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedyes
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