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DBMS > InterSystems IRIS vs. ObjectBox vs. OrientDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. ObjectBox vs. OrientDB vs. PostGIS

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NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisobjectbox.ioorientdb.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.objectbox.iowww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperInterSystemsObjectBox LimitedOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release2018201720102005
Current release2023.3, June 20233.2.29, March 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaC
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language, no joinsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava, Javascriptuser defined functions
TriggersyesnoHooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes inforelationship in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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