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DBMS > Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM vs. SwayDB

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NameMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database serviceLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score27.71
Rank#27  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#3  Wide column stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-dbgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-dbdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperMicrosoftObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSimer Plaha
Initial release2014201719932018
Current release4.0 (May 2024)3.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC and C++Scala
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON 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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by defaultyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonono
APIs and other access methodsDocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnoyesno
TriggersJavaScriptnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partitionACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno
More information provided by the system vendor
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDBObjectBoxOpenQM infoalso called QMSwayDB
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