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System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. PouchDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.65
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Websitemaxdb.sap.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlobjectbox.iopouchdb.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.objectbox.iopouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Hughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedApache Software Foundation
Initial release1984199420172012
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20244.4, October 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CC and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesno
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DmSQL infoMini SQLObjectBoxPouchDB
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