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DBMS > Lovefield vs. ObjectBox vs. RocksDB vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. ObjectBox vs. RocksDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
rocksdb.orggithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.objectbox.iogithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikibytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperGoogleObjectBox LimitedFacebook, Inc.ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201720132016
Current release2.1.12, February 20174.0 (May 2024)9.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoBSDcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesnono
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnonono
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIC++ API
Java API
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
TriggersUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDBnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnono
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