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XML databases

Native XML documents queried with XPath/XQuery, common in publishing and regulated industries. The leading options are eXist-db, BaseX and Microsoft SQL Server.

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8 active · ordered by fit for this category, then WhichDB Score

eXist-dbXMLopen source

Open-source native XML database and XQuery application platform for documents and digital editions.

19.3
BaseXXMLopen source

Lightweight, fast native XML database and XQuery 3.1/4.0 processor with a GUI.

17.5
Microsoft SQL ServerRelational

Microsoft's flagship RDBMS: T-SQL, columnstore, Always On, and now native vectors and JSON.

71.0
Oracle DatabaseRelational

The enterprise heavyweight: RAC, Data Guard and a converged engine for SQL, JSON, graph and vectors.

56.9
IBM Db2Relational

IBM's enterprise RDBMS for Linux, UNIX, Windows and z/OS, with BLU columnar and pureScale clustering.

45.5
MarkLogicDocument

Enterprise multi-model database for XML, JSON and RDF with built-in search and semantic RAG.

21.6
OpenLink VirtuosoRDF / Triple Storeopen source

Hybrid SQL/RDF engine that runs many of the largest public SPARQL endpoints.

19.5
SirixDBDocumentopen source

Embeddable bitemporal database that keeps every revision of JSON and XML resources queryable.

6.0

deprecated, discontinued & research · 5

Sedna discontinuedBagri discontinuedTamino discontinuedTIMBER researchClusterpoint discontinued

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