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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. Cassandra vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Tigris

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Wide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessUltra-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.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSWide column storeDocument storeObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Time Series DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#51  Document stores
#55  Key-value stores
#24  Search engines
#38  Time Series DBMS
Websitebasex.orgcassandra.apache.orgwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.iowww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iowww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperBaseX GmbHApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookHarperDBObjectBox LimitedTigris Data, Inc.
Initial release20072008201720172022
Current release10.7, August 20234.1.3, July 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaNode.jsC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes 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 indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like data manipulation statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APICLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.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
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersyes infovia eventsyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"A table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights for users and rolesyesAccess rights for users and roles
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BaseXCassandraHarperDBObjectBoxTigris
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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