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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm vs. TigerGraph

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score16.84
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
realm.iowww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docsdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2003201720142017
Current release1.6.29, June 20244.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC and C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolProprietary native APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersnonoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolyesyesRole-based access control
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