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System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#360  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.42
Rank#169  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.h2gis.orgobjectbox.iorealm.io
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docs
DeveloperCNRSObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release201320172014
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2nono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2online/offline synchronization between client and servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2yesyes
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