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DBMS > MonetDB vs. ObjectBox vs. RavenDB vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. ObjectBox vs. RavenDB vs. RDFox

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.monetdb.orgobjectbox.ioravendb.netwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.objectbox.ioravendb.net/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperMonetDB BVObjectBox LimitedHibernating RhinosOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2004201720102017
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20235.4, July 20226.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C#C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL-like query language (RQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Proprietary native API.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Rnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replicationreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseRoles, resources, and access types
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