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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. Redis

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRedis  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsPopular in-memory data platform used as a cache, message broker, and database that can be deployed on-premises, across clouds, and hybrid environments infoRedis focuses on performance so most of its design decisions prioritize high performance and very low latencies.
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store infoMultiple data types and a rich set of operations, as well as configurable data expiration, eviction and persistence
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store infowith RedisJSON
Graph DBMS infowith RedisGraph
Spatial DBMS
Search engine infowith RediSearch
Time Series DBMS infowith RedisTimeSeries
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#331  Overall
#46  Document stores
Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score149.43
Rank#6  Overall
#1  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
redis.com
redis.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.objectbox.iodocs.redis.com/­latest/­index.html
redis.io/­docs
DeveloperSoftmotionsHughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedRedis project core team, inspired by Salvatore Sanfilippo infoDevelopment sponsored by Redis Inc.
Initial release2012199420172009
Current release4.4, October 20214.0 (May 2024)7.2.5, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial infofree licenses can be providedBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infosource-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Redis Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCCC and C++C
Server operating systemsserver-lessAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows infoported and maintained by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes infowith RediSearch module
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnowith RediSQL module
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIproprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization Protocol
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoLua; Redis Functions coming in Redis 7 (slides and Github)
Triggersnononopublish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionality; RedisGears
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding infoAutomatic hash-based sharding with support for hash-tags for manual sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineMulti-source replication infowith Redis Enterprise Pack
Source-replica replication infoChained replication is supported
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononothrough RedisGears
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Causal consistency can be enabled in Active-Active databases
Strong consistency with Redis Raft
Strong eventual consistency with Active-Active
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDAtomic execution of command blocks and scripts and optimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingnoyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyesAccess Control Lists (ACLs): redis.io/­docs/­management/­security/­acl
LDAP and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Redis Enterprise
Mutual TLS authentication: redis.io/­docs/­management/­security/­encryption
Password-based authentication
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