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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. PouchDB vs. SpatiaLite

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.12
Rank#173  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#111  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.59
Rank#144  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
pouchdb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iopouchdb.com/­guideswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedApache Software FoundationAlessandro Furieri
Initial release201720122008
Current release4.0 (May 2024)7.1.1, June 20195.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesnoyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData 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 methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnono
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