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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite vs. SurrealDB

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsSpatial extension of SQLiteA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.12
Rank#173  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#144  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#180  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedAlessandro FurieriSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201720082022
Current release4.0 (May 2024)5.0.0, August 2020v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++C++Rust
Server operating systemsAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
server-lessLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes, based on authentication and database rules
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