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System Properties Comparison ObjectBox vs. SurrealDB

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NameObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.10
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#179  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
surrealdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iosurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20172022
Current release4.0 (May 2024)v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC and C++Rust
Server operating systemsAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.no
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-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 proceduresno
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes, based on authentication and database rules
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