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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. HyperSQL vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. HyperSQL vs. ObjectBox

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
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 FlinkLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSNative XML DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.harperdb.iohsqldb.orgobjectbox.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.basex.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBaseX GmbHHarperDBObjectBox Limited
Initial release20182007201720012017
Current release1.1.0, April 202310.7, August 20233.1, August 20212.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaNode.jsJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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 SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Java, SQLno
Triggersyesyes infovia eventsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writerAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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