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DBMS > BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. InfinityDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. InfinityDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SurrealDB

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Graph 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
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.harperdb.ioboilerbay.comobjectbox.iosurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.objectbox.iosurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperBaseX GmbHHarperDBBoiler Bay Inc.ObjectBox LimitedSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20072017200220172022
Current release10.7, August 20233.1, August 20214.0v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsJavaC and C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyes infoJSON data typesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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 indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Proprietary native APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
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
JavaC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersyes infovia eventsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneonline/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 Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACID
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesnoyesyes, based on authentication and database rules
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