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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. PouchDB vs. TypeDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  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 CouchDBTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.High-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.65
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#108  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
pouchdb.comtypedb.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iopouchdb.com/­guidestypedb.com/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedApache Software FoundationVaticleYugabyte Inc.
Initial release2017201220162017
Current release4.0 (May 2024)7.1.1, June 20192.28.3, June 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++JavaScriptJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
JavaScriptAll JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenoHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
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
Synchronous replication via raftBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infosubstituted by the relationship featureyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progressyes
More information provided by the system vendor
ObjectBoxPouchDBTypeDB infoformerly named GraknYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Systems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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Apache 2.0 license for the database
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