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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. gStore vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  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.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitebasex.orgen.gstore.cngithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
realm.io
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docs
DeveloperBaseX GmbHObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2007201620172014
Current release11.0, June 20241.2, November 20234.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoBSDBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
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
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writeryesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedyesyes
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