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

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

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  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.High performance Time Series DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime 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
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitebasex.orgen.gstore.cnwww.harperdb.iokx.comobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.harperdb.io/­docscode.kx.comdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperBaseX GmbHHarperDBKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcObjectBox Limited
Initial release2007201620172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032017
Current release10.7, August 20231.2, November 20233.1, August 20213.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Node.jsqC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Solaris
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language (q)no
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
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
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
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
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 3.1user defined functionsno
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
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 operationsnoACID
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.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 rolesrights management via user accountsyes
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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