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DBMS > BaseX vs. BoltDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. OpenSearch

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. BoltDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. OpenSearch

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.An embedded key-value store for Go.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Websitebasex.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.mcobject.comgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmopensearch.org/­docs/­latest
DeveloperBaseX GmbHMcObjectAmazon Web Services
Initial release2007201320012021
Current release10.7, August 20238.2, 20212.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC and C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesnoyesyes
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces available
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Go.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyes infoby defining eventsyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writeryesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsno
More information provided by the system vendor
BaseXBoltDBeXtremeDBOpenSearch
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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