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DBMS > ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite vs. SurrealDB vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite vs. SurrealDB vs. TimesTen

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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 DBMSAn in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsurrealdb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­timesten/­index.html
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedAlessandro FurieriSurrealDB LtdOracle infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release2017200820221998
Current release4.0 (May 2024)5.0.0, August 2020v1.5.0, May 2024Release 22.1
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 Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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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
IBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyesyes
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 SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary native APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPL/SQL
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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