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DBMS > BaseX vs. Datomic vs. Fauna vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. Datomic vs. Fauna vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.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 Mobile
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.datomic.comfauna.comwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.datomic.comdocs.fauna.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCognitectFauna, Inc.HarperDBObjectBox Limited
Initial release20072012201420172017
Current release10.7, August 20231.0.6735, June 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, ClojureScalaNode.jsC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesnoyes infoJSON data typesyes
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 SQLnononoSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Clojure
Java
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersyes infovia eventsBy using transaction functionsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replicationyes 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 methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess rights for users and rolesyes
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