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DBMS > Datomic vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ObjectBox vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ObjectBox vs. RDF4J

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA multi-model DBMS and application serverLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitewww.datomic.comhbase.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
rdf4j.org
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.intersystems.comdocs.objectbox.iordf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperCognitectApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetInterSystemsObjectBox LimitedSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20122008199720172004
Current release1.0.7075, December 20232.3.4, January 20212018.1.4, May 20204.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaC and C++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes, 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APIJava API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesnoyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesno
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