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DBMS > gStore vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

System Properties Comparison gStore vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsWidely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cnwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.html
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iodocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperHarperDBObjectBox LimitedOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release2016201720171994
Current release1.2, November 20233.1, August 20214.0 (May 2024)18.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree community edition availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsC and C++C, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesno
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.nononoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersnonoyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess rights for users and rolesyesno
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