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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. ObjectBox vs. TimescaleDB vs. WakandaDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational 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
#7  Vector DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.timescale.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.objectbox.iodocs.timescale.comwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGObjectBox LimitedTimescaleWakanda SAS
Initial release2009201720172012
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.0 (May 2024)2.15.0, May 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC and C++CC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data 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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheProprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infonone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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