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DBMS > BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. HBase vs. ObjectBox vs. OushuDB

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

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableExtremely 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 DBMSDocument storeWide column storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#363  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.harperdb.iohbase.apache.orgobjectbox.iowww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDB
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.objectbox.iowww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperBaseX GmbHHarperDBApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetObjectBox LimitedOushu
Initial release2007201720082017
Current release10.7, August 20233.1, August 20212.3.4, January 20214.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyes infoJSON data typesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnonoFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Proprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.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#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
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 proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyes
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
online/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerAtomic execution of specific operationsSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyesKerberos, SSL and role based access
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