This is a comparison of object–relational database management systems (ORDBMSs). Each system has at least some features of an object–relational database; they vary widely in their completeness and the approaches taken.
The following tables compare general and technical information; please see the individual products' articles for further information. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.
Basic data
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! Name
! Vendor
! License
! OS
! Notes
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| Adaptive Server Enterprise
| SAP
| Proprietary
| Cross-platform
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| Caché
| InterSystems
| Proprietary
| Cross-platform
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| CUBRID
| NHN Corporation
| GPL/BSD
| Linux, Windows
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| IBM Db2
| IBM
| Proprietary
| Cross-platform
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|-
|GigaSpaces
|GigaSpaces
|Apache-2.0 or Proprietary
|Cross-platform
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|-
| Greenplum Database
| Greenplum division of EMC Corporation
| Proprietary
| ?
| Uses PostgreSQL codebase
|-
| Informix
| IBM
| Proprietary
| Cross-platform
|
|-
| Microsoft SQL Server
| Microsoft Corporation
| Proprietary
| Windows, Linux
| Supports data objects in .NET languages
|-
| OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (formerly Progress 4GL)
| Progress Software Corporation
| Proprietary
| Cross-platform
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|-
| Oracle Database
| Oracle Corporation
| Proprietary
| Linux, Windows, Unix
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|-
| PostgreSQL
| PostgreSQL Global Development Group
| PostgreSQL License
| Cross-platform
|
|-
| Virtuoso Universal Server
| OpenLink Software
| GPLv2 or proprietary
| Cross-platform
|
|-
| VMDS (Version Managed Data Store)
| GE Energy, a division of General Electric
| Proprietary
| ?
| GIS for public utilities; can be stored inside Oracle Database
|-
| WakandaDB
| 4th Dimension
| AGPLv3 or proprietary
| Windows, Linux, macOS
| Based on REST and server-side JavaScript
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| XDB Enterprise Server
| Micro Focus
| Proprietary
| DOS, Windows NT, OS/2
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| YugabyteDB
| Yugabyte
| Apache 2.0
| Linux
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| Zope Object Database
| Zope Corporation
| Zope Public License
| Cross-platform
| For Python, also included in Zope web application server
|}
Object features
Information about what fundamental ORDBMSes features are implemented natively.
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! Type
! Method
! Type inheritance
! Table inheritance
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! style="text-align:left;" | CUBRID
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! style="text-align:left;" | Oracle
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! style="text-align:left;" | OpenLink Virtuoso
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! style="text-align:left;" | PostgreSQL
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! style="text-align:left;" | Informix
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! style="text-align:left;" | WakandaDB
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|}
Data types
Information about what data types are implemented natively.
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! Array
! List
! Set
! Multiset
! Object reference
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! style="text-align:left;" | CUBRID
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! style="text-align:left;" | Oracle
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! style="text-align:left;" | OpenLink Virtuoso
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! style="text-align:left;" | PostgreSQL
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! style="text-align:left;" | Informix
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See also
- Comparison of database administration tools
- Comparison of object database management systems
- Comparison of relational database management systems
- DB-Engine Ranking list
- List of relational database management systems
Notes
References
External links
- Arvin.dk, comparison of different SQL implementations