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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. OushuDB

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.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.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learning
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#363  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.iowww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDB
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iowww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCockroach LabsHarperDBObjectBox LimitedOushu
Initial release2007201520172017
Current release10.7, August 202323.1.1, May 20233.1, August 20214.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoNode.jsC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemadynamic 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.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
C
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyes
Triggersyes infovia eventsnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDAtomic 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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesyesKerberos, SSL and role based access
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