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DBMS > mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. TimescaleDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. TimescaleDB vs. YottaDB

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlobjectbox.iowww.timescale.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.objectbox.iodocs.timescale.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedTimescaleYottaDB, LLC
Initial release1994201720172001
Current release4.4, October 20212.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++CC
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data typesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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