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System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. Oracle Rdb vs. PouchDB vs. Sphinx

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.27
Rank#160  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score1.10
Rank#173  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#180  Overall
#82  Relational DBMS
Score2.08
Rank#116  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score5.92
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlpouchdb.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlpouchdb.com/­guidessphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Apache Software FoundationSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release19942017198420122001
Current release4.4, October 20214.0 (May 2024)7.4.1.1, 20217.1.1, June 20193.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
HP Open VMSserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesnono
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 viewsyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyesnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
JavaScriptC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes, on a single nodenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnono
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