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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. ObjectBox vs. PouchDB vs. XTDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgobjectbox.iopouchdb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.objectbox.iopouchdb.com/­guideswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGObjectBox LimitedApache Software FoundationJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2009201720122019
Current release3.10.0, March 20227.1.1, June 20191.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++JavaScriptClojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJCacheProprietary native APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
JavaScriptClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveronline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesno
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