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

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

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  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.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational 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
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitebasex.orgen.gstore.cnwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.iowww.timescale.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iodocs.timescale.com
DeveloperBaseX GmbHHarperDBObjectBox LimitedTimescale
Initial release20072016201720172017
Current release10.7, August 20231.2, November 20233.1, August 20212.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Node.jsC and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
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 typesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
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
Proprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
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++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyes infovia eventsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
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 hot standby and reads on replicas info
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 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.noyesnono
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 rolesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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