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DBMS > BaseX vs. gStore vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. gStore vs. HarperDB vs. Interbase vs. ObjectBox

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.A native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.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.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#359  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitebasex.orgen.gstore.cnwww.harperdb.iowww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaseobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasedocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperBaseX GmbHHarperDBEmbarcaderoObjectBox Limited
Initial release20072016201719842017
Current release10.7, August 20231.2, November 20233.1, August 2021InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Node.jsCC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportdynamic 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 infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.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
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageno
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyesno
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 definedInterbase Change Viewsonline/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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writeryesAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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