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DBMS > DataFS vs. HyperSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. HyperSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. STSdb

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitenewdatabase.comhsqldb.orgobjectbox.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsphsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperMobiland AGObjectBox LimitedSTS Soft SC
Initial release2018200120172011
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.7.2, June 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C#
Server operating systemsWindowsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLnono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
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 integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno
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DataFSHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBObjectBoxSTSdb
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