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System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. NuoDB vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM vs. TiDB

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmpingcap.com
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comdocs.objectbox.iodocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperFatCloudDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.ObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20122013201719932016
Current release4.0 (May 2024)3.4-128.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#C++C and C++Go, Rust
Server operating systemsWindowshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like 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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryesnonoyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesC#.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsJava, SQLnoyesno
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennoneyeshorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tablenono
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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FatDBNuoDBObjectBoxOpenQM infoalso called QMTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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