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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. QuestDB vs. Ultipa

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  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.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.ioquestdb.iowww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.ioquestdb.io/­docswww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperBaseX GmbHHarperDBObjectBox LimitedQuestDB Technology IncUltipa
Initial release20072017201720142019
Current release10.7, August 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC and C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyes 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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API
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++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
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 clusternonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesyes
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BaseXHarperDBObjectBoxQuestDBUltipa
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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