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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BaseX vs. IBM Cloudant vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BaseX vs. IBM Cloudant vs. ObjectBox

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Native XML DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorybasex.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantobjectbox.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.basex.orgcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsBaseX GmbHIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014ObjectBox Limited
Initial release20182016200720102017
Current release1.1.0, April 2023170310.7, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaErlangC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalno infoXQuery supports typesnoyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
LDAPJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
All languages with LDAP bindingsActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyes infovia eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding infocell divisionnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
online/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsmultiple readers, single writerno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesLDAP bind authenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes
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