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DBMS > BoltDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite vs. SwayDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsSpatial extension of SQLiteAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedAlessandro FurieriSimer Plaha
Initial release2013201720082018
Current release4.0 (May 2024)5.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC and C++C++Scala
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGoC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnono
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