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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. Databricks vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. OceanBase

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.The Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.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 distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQL
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Wide column store
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#147  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.databricks.comwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.ioen.oceanbase.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.databricks.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.ioen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-database
DeveloperBaseX GmbHDatabricksHarperDBObjectBox LimitedOceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant Group
Initial release20072013201720172010
Current release10.7, August 20233.1, August 20214.3.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoCommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)dynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno 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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnowith Databricks SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Python
R
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
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregatesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible mode
Triggersyes infovia eventsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonehorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication using Paxos
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
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 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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