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DBMS > Dgraph vs. ObjectBox vs. PostGIS vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. ObjectBox vs. PostGIS vs. Transbase

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.48
Rank#158  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#337  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.ioobjectbox.iopostgis.netwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iopostgis.net/­documentationwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.ObjectBox LimitedTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2016201720051987
Current release3.4.2, February 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree development license
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++CC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Proprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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