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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. Realm vs. Trafodion

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.54
Rank#169  Overall
#7  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.53
Rank#54  Overall
#10  Document stores
Score0.63
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websiteobjectbox.iorealm.iotrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docstrafodion.apache.org
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release201720142014
Current release2.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++, Java
Server operating systemsAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesonline/offline synchronization between client and servernoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.noyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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