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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgobjectbox.iorealm.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software FoundationObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2012201720142018
Current release1.20.3, January 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC++C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersnonoyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesonline/offline synchronization between client and servernoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesRole-based access control
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