Comparison of object database management systems
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An object database is a database management system in which information is represented in the form of objects as used in object-oriented programming...
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| Name | Current Stable Version | Language(s) | SQL SQL SQL is a programming language designed for managing data in relational database management systems .... support |
Datatypes | License | Description |
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| Caché Caché (software) InterSystems Caché is a commercial object database management system from InterSystems Corporation. It provides object and SQL access to the database, as well as allowing direct manipulation of Caché’s underlying data structures. The company claims Caché is the world’s fastest object database... |
2010.1.4 | ObjectScript (dynamic language), Basic. Java/.NET object mapping supported. | SQL subset. Object notation allowed. Supports embedded SQL, dynamic SQL and xDBC access. | Commercial | MUMPS ancestry. Includes built-in support for XML, Web/AJAX and an EMB system called Ensemble. Supports embedded, client/server and distributed implementations. | |
| Cerebrum | Win32, .NET .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability... C# as script language |
Freeware Freeware Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the... , AS IS, .NET portion - open source, Win32 portion - closed source |
Object oriented graph database with active server, Intended to be used for artificial intelligence, neural network & natural language processing | |||
| ConceptBase ConceptBase ConceptBase is a deductive and object-oriented database management system developed at University of Aachen and Tilburg University. It is mainly used for conceptual modeling and metamodeling in the domain of software engineering and related domains.... |
Telos | CBQL (based on Datalog Datalog Datalog is a query and rule language for deductive databases that syntactically is a subset of Prolog. Its origins date back to the beginning of logic programming, but it became prominent as a separate area around 1977 when Hervé Gallaire and Jack Minker organized a workshop on logic and databases... ) |
no types but classes | closed source, free for non-commercial use | historical db, active rules, meta modeling, deductive rules | |
| Databeans | 2.1 | Java | No, native queries | Java data types | GPL | Fully object oriented persistence framework for java. Client/server, transactional, with GC, persistent Collections, XML export/import, security |
| Db4o Db4o db4o is an embeddable open source object database for Java and .NET developers. It is developed, commercially licensed and supported by Versant.... |
8.0 | C#, Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
db4o-sql | .NET and Java data types | GPL, Commercial | Native Queries, LINQ support, automatic schema evolution, Transparent Activation/Persistence, replication to RDBMS, Object Manager plugin for Visual Studio and Eclipse |
| Eloquera | 4.17 | C#, .NET .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability... . Provided JSON agent for other environments such as Java, Ruby, Python |
SQL with object extensions, LINQ | .NET data types, classes | Free for Commercial use, Commercial Support, Closed Source | Enterprise style database. SQL and LINQ queries. Client/Server, desktop modes. In-memory mode support. Schema free design. Functionality of object-oriented and document-oriented databases. SNMP monitoring, control and profiling. Supports JOIN queries. Stored procedures. CLR types evolution. |
| Facets (previously known as GemStone-J) | ||||||
| FastDB Main Memory DBMS | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... |
Subset | Open Source. AS IS | |||
| Gemstone | ||||||
| Generic Object Oriented Database System (GOODS) | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... , Perl Perl Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular... , Squeak Smalltalk |
Open source, AS IS | distributed | |||
| GigaBASE Database Management System | C C (programming language) C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system.... , C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , C#, Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... , PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... , Perl Perl Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular... |
SQL "like" | MIT MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... |
Based on FastDB Main Memory DBMS. | ||
| Haley Systems | ||||||
| Jasmine Object Database | ||||||
| JDOInstruments | Java | No, JDOQL | LGPL | Embedded , JDO implementation | ||
| JODB (Java Objects Database) | Java | GPL | ||||
| JOOB | C#, Iron Python IronPython IronPython is an implementation of the Python programming language targeting the .NET Framework and Mono. Jim Hugunin created the project and actively contributed to it up until Version 1.0 which was released on September 5, 2006. Thereafter, it was maintained by a small team at Microsoft until... , VB.NET |
SQL Queries through Relational Views | Object Classes | Commercial | Fully object oriented persistence framework for .NET, Automatic schema evolution, Object Manager plugin for Visual Studio, Nodal architecture, Solution frameworks, Analytics | |
| KiokuDB | 0.33 | Perl Perl Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular... |
SQL and/or GIN indexing, depending on the backend | Perl classes | Artistic, Open Source | KiokuDB allows to transparently persist arbitrarily complex object graphs. It supports several backends (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, BerkeleyDB, filesystem and more) |
| Magma Object Database | Smalltalk Smalltalk Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language to underpin the "new world" of computing exemplified by "human–computer symbiosis." It was designed and created in part for educational use, more so for constructionist... |
Open Source | ||||
| Matisse | 8 | Java, C#, C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , VB Visual Basic Visual Basic is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment from Microsoft for its COM programming model... , Delphi, Eiffel, Smalltalk Smalltalk Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language to underpin the "new world" of computing exemplified by "human–computer symbiosis." It was designed and created in part for educational use, more so for constructionist... , Perl Perl Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular... , Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... and PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... |
SQL99 SQL:1999 SQL:1999 was the fourth revision of the SQL database query language. The latest revision of the standard is SQL:2008.-Summary:The SQL:1999 standard, also known as SQL3, was published in 1999. Unlike previous editions, the standard's name used a colon instead of a hyphen for consistency with the... |
Commercial | .NET Platform Integration. Used in nuclear power plants. Schema can be changed during processing (no down time). | |
| MyOODB | Java | GPL/LGPL | Distributed Object Framework / Object Oriented Database | |||
| NeoDatis ODB NeoDatis ODB NeoDatis ODB is an object database available the GNU Lesser General Public License, hence usable in free or commercial applications. NeoDatis ODB is available both for Java and .NET, the latter being still under development.-Features:... |
C#, Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... , Mono Mono (software) Mono, pronounced , is a free and open source project led by Xamarin to create an Ecma standard compliant .NET-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime.... |
LGPL | Embedded and Client/Server | |||
| ObjectDB | Java | No, JDOQL | Commercial | |||
| Objectivity/DB Objectivity/DB Objectivity/DB is a commercial object database produced by Objectivity, Inc. It allows applications to make standard C++, Java, Python or Smalltalk objects persistent without having to convert the data objects into the rows and columns used by a relational database management system .... |
C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , C#, Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... , Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... , Smalltalk Smalltalk Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language to underpin the "new world" of computing exemplified by "human–computer symbiosis." It was designed and created in part for educational use, more so for constructionist... and XML XML Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards.... |
SQL superset | Commercial | Distributed, Parallel Query Engine | ||
| ObjectStore ObjectStore ObjectStore is a commercial object database, which is a specialized type of database designed to handle data created by applications that use object-oriented programming techniques. It is inspired by the Statice database originally developed at Symbolics. ObjectStore is innovative in its use of... |
7.2 (July 2011) | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... , interoperable with .NET |
SQL subset (also has own object query language) | Commercial | Embedded database supporting efficient, distributed management of C++ and Java objects. Avoids the complexities and limitations of ORM products such as Hibernate by storing objects directly with their relationships intact. Uses a page-based mapping system for fast locking and efficient, distributed, client-side caching. | |
| OpenAccess OpenAccess OpenAccess is a community effort to provide interoperability, including unified data exchange among integrated circuit design tools through an open standard data API and reference database supporting that API for IC design... |
2.2 | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... |
no | Commercial | EDA database EDA database An EDA database is a database specialized for the purpose of electronic design automation. These application specific databases are required because general purpose databases have historically not provided enough performance for EDA applications.... |
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| OpenLink Virtuoso Virtuoso Universal Server Virtuoso Universal Server is a middleware and database engine hybrid that combines the functionality of a traditional RDBMS, ORDBMS, virtual database, RDF, XML, free-text, web application server and file server functionality in a single system... |
5.0.11 | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , Java/JSP Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... , ASP, ASPX, Mono, RDF Resource Description Framework The Resource Description Framework is a family of World Wide Web Consortium specifications originally designed as a metadata data model... , SPARQL SPARQL SPARQL is an RDF query language; its name is an acronym that stands for SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language. It was made a standard by the RDF Data Access Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium, and considered as one of the key technologies of semantic web... , SPARUL SPARUL SPARUL, or SPARQL/Update, is an extension to the SPARQL query language that provides the ability to add, update, and delete RDF data held within a triple store... , SQL SQL SQL is a programming language designed for managing data in relational database management systems .... , Perl, Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... , PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... , Ruby Ruby (programming language) Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was first developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto... , XML XML Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards.... , ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, more |
SQL 9x/200x | Open Source Edition = GPL; Closed-Source Edition = Commercial (customer choice, dependent on feature set) | ||
| Orient ODBMS (software) | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
SQL subset | Apache 2.0 license | |||
| Ozone Database Project | Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
GPL, LGPL, additions | ||||
| Perst Perst Perst is an open source, dual license, object-oriented embedded database management system , available in two implementations: one that is developed entirely in the Java programming language, and another developed in the C# language .Perst for .NET supports standard and compact .NET frameworks and... |
4.2 | Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... (including Java SE, Java ME & Android), C# (including .NET .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability... , .NET Compact Framework .NET Compact Framework The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework is a version of the .NET Framework that is designed to run on resource constrained mobile/embedded devices such as personal digital assistants , mobile phones, factory controllers, set-top boxes, etc... , Mono Mono (software) Mono, pronounced , is a free and open source project led by Xamarin to create an Ecma standard compliant .NET-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime.... & Silverlight) |
JSQL - object-oriented subset of SQL | Java and .NET data types | GPL, Commercial | Small footprint embedded database Embedded Database An embedded database system is a database management system which is tightly integrated with an application software that requires access to stored data, such that the database system is “hidden” from the application’s end-user and requires little or no ongoing maintenance... . Diverse indexes and specialized collection classes; LINQ LINQ Linq is a word-based card game from Endless Games, introduced at the American International Toy Fair in 2005.Game play requires at least four players, two of whom are dealt cards with the same word, while the others receive blanks. The goal is to gain points by correctly naming the players with... ; replication; ACID transactions ACID In computer science, ACID is a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably. In the context of databases, a single logical operation on the data is called a transaction... ; native full text search Full text search In text retrieval, full text search refers to techniques for searching a single computer-stored document or a collection in a full text database... ; includes Silverlight, Android and Java ME demo apps. |
| siaqodb | 3.0 | C#, .NET .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability... , Mono Mono (software) Mono, pronounced , is a free and open source project led by Xamarin to create an Ecma standard compliant .NET-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime.... , Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to its Windows Mobile platform, although incompatible with it. Unlike its predecessor, it is primarily aimed at the consumer market rather than the enterprise market... , Android, iOS IOS iOS is an operating system for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.IOS may also refer to:-Companies and organisations:* Illinois Ornithological Society, American state-based bird club... , Unity3D, .NET Compact Framework .NET Compact Framework The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework is a version of the .NET Framework that is designed to run on resource constrained mobile/embedded devices such as personal digital assistants , mobile phones, factory controllers, set-top boxes, etc... |
LINQ | .NET data types, classes | Commercial | object database for .NET,Mono and Silverlight that runs on iOS through MonoTouch, on Android through MonoDroid, WindowsPhone7, Unity3D,Compact Framework |
| Statice | LISP | introduction | ||||
| stSoftware ODBMS | Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
SQL subset | Commercial | |||
| VelocityDB | 1.0.1 | C#, .NET .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability... , |
LINQ | .NET data types | Commercial | Easy to use, extremely high performance, scalable (Yottabyte and trillions of objects), embeddable and distributable with a small footprint (~ 300K). This pure C# implemented system supports page/database level optimistic/pessimistic locking, page compression and encryption with automatic recovery and database backup |
| Versant Object Database | 8.0 | C++ C++ C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell... , Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
SQL support through ODBC/JDBC bridge. Native query called VQL similar to SQL with extensions for path based queries through an object graph. | Object Classes, C++ STL, Java | Commercial | Distributed, parallel processing object database. Commonly used in extreme scale (concurrent users and amount of data) OLTP type of applications. Key use in HPC, Real-time analytics and simulation, deep graph analysis, complex modeling. |
| VOSS (Virtual Object Storage System) | Smalltalk Smalltalk Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language to underpin the "new world" of computing exemplified by "human–computer symbiosis." It was designed and created in part for educational use, more so for constructionist... |
No SQL. Queries are in Smalltalk, using query-building methods in multi-key / multi-value / key-set DictionarySet with set intersection and union. | Smalltalk classes except Blocks | Open Source and/or commercial | Distributed objects. Historical versioning for MVRC/MVCC. Long Transactions. Background garbage-collection. Webserver / Application process rendezvous. Rollforward crash recovery. | |
| Zope Object Database | Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... |
No support. Object indexing and searching is done through ZCatalog facility. | ZPL, Open Source | |||
| HSS Database | 1.0 | C#, .NET .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability... , Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to its Windows Mobile platform, although incompatible with it. Unlike its predecessor, it is primarily aimed at the consumer market rather than the enterprise market... |
LINQ | .NET data types, classes | Commercial | object database management system for .NET, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 with support for custom primary keys, no OID required. Extremely fast and super easy to use. |
| JOAFIP object persistence in file | 2.1.0 | Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
No support. 100% Java object relational. | java object | LGPL, Open Source | No query language, all is done using object navigation. Make able to create a 100% JAVA database |