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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. Pinecone vs. PostGIS

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA managed, cloud-native vector databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Vector DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.pinecone.iopostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iodocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release201720192005
Current release4.0 (May 2024)3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++C
Server operating systemsAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesString, Number, Booleanyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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