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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. ObjectBox vs. OrigoDB vs. Realm

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Name

Description

A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage options

Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile

A fully ACID in-memory object graph database

A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data

Primary database model

Key-value store

Object oriented DBMS

Document store
Object oriented DBMS

Document store

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

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Score	4.89
Rank	#67	Overall
	#8	Key-value stores

Score	1.20
Rank	#170	Overall
	#5	Object oriented DBMS

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#53	Document stores
	#20	Object oriented DBMS

Score	7.60
Rank	#52	Overall
	#9	Document stores

Website

Technical documentation

www.ehcache.org/documentation

docs.objectbox.io

origodb.com/docs

realm.io/docs

Developer

Terracotta Inc, owned by Software AG

ObjectBox Limited

Robert Friberg et al

Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019

Initial release

2009

2017

2009

under the name LiveDB

2014

Current release

3.10.0, March 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2; commercial licenses available

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Java

C and C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux
Windows

Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

User defined using .NET types and collections

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

can be achieved using .NET

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

APIs and other access methods

JCache

Proprietary native API

.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ

Supported programming languages

Java

C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript

planned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python

planned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift

.Net

.Net
Java

with Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

runs within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary

Triggers

yes

Cache Event Listeners

yes

Domain Events

yes

Change Listeners

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

by using Terracotta Server

none

horizontal partitioning

client side managed; servers are not synchronized

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

by using Terracotta Server

online/offline synchronization between client and server

Source-replica replication

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Tunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

depending on model

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

supports JTA and can work as an XA resource

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using a tiered cache-storage approach

yes

Write ahead log

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

In-Memory realm

User concepts

Access control

yes

Role based authorization

yes

More information provided by the system vendor

News

Edge AI: The era of on-device AI
23 April 2024

In-Memory Database Use Cases
15 February 2024

Data Viewer for Objects – announcing ObjectBox Admin
14 November 2023

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9 August 2023

Vector Database Release for Flutter / Dart + Python
13 June 2023

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