Object-Oriented Databases

Last update: December 27, 2024

Object-oriented databases (OOD) are used to create and modify object data models. +Show More

Object-oriented databases (OOD) are used to create and modify object data models. Object databases are focused on objects rather than actions, and data rather than logic.

Object-oriented databases require query languages to enable users to retrieve information stored in them, and are often used by engineering departments as they can hold more complex data forms.

If you’d like to learn about the ecosystem consisting of Object-Oriented Databases and others, feel free to check AIMultiple Database.
How relevant, verifiable metrics drive AIMultiple’s rankings

AIMultiple uses relevant & verifiable metrics to evaluate vendors.

Metrics are selected based on typical enterprise procurement processes ensuring that market leaders, fast-growing challengers, feature-complete solutions and cost-effective solutions are ranked highly so they can be shortlisted.
Data regarding these metrics are collected from public sources as outlined in the “What are AIMultiple’s data sources?” section of this page.


There are 2 ways in which vendor metrics are processed to help prioritization:
1- Vendors are grouped within 4 metrics (customer satisfaction, market presence, growth and features) according to their performance in that metric.
2- Vendors that perform high in these metrics are ranked higher in the list.


The data used in each vendor’s ranking can be accessed by expanding the vendor’s row in the below list.
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Products Position Customer satisfaction
IBM Db2 logo

IBM Db2

Leader
Satisfactory
Built to run the world’s mission-critical workloads. Designed by the world’s leading database experts, IBM Db2 empowers developers, enterprise architects, and data engineers to run low-latency transactions and real-time analytics equipped for the most demanding workloads. From microservices to AI workloads, Db2 is the tested, resilient, and hybrid database providing the extreme availability, built-in refined security, effortless scalability, and intelligent automation for systems that run the world.
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.25 / 5 based on ~700 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
10m-20m followers
Oracle Database Cloud Service logo

Oracle Database Cloud Service

Leader
Satisfactory
Deploy Oracle databases quickly and easily in a highly-available cloud environment, and benefit from the performance of dedicated hardware, proven RAC reliability, data security, and granular controls
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.23 / 5 based on ~50 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
9m-10m followers
InterSystems Cache logo

InterSystems Cache

Leader
Satisfactory
InterSystems Caché® is a high-performance database that powers transaction processing applications around the world. It is used for everything from mapping a billion stars in the Milky Way, to processing a billion equity trades in a day, to managing smart energy grids. Caché is a multi-model (object, relational, key-value) DBMS and application server developed by InterSystems. InterSystems Caché provides several APIs to operate with same data simultaneously: key-value, relational, object, document, multidimensional. Data can be managed via SQL, Java, node.js, .NET, C++, Python. DBMS Caché has proven embedded technologies for horizontal scaling (ECP, SLM), High Availability (Mirroring), transaction support and backup. It includes embedded Caché ObjectScript language which is back compatible to mumps and which helps to run applications' business logic close to the data and achieve maximum performance for complex logic operations with data. Caché also provides application server which hosts web apps (CSP), REST, SOAP, web sockets and other types of TCP access for Caché data.
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.18 / 5 based on ~40 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
1k-2k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
1978
Visual FoxPro logo

Visual FoxPro

Leader
Low
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
3.80 / 5 based on ~30 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
30m-40m followers
Google Cloud Storage for Firebase logo

Google Cloud Storage for Firebase

Leader
Satisfactory
Cloud Storage is designed to help you quickly and easily store and serve user-generated content, such as photos and videos
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.30 / 5 based on ~20 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
50m-60m followers
ObjectBox logo

ObjectBox

Challenger
N/A
ObjectBox enables app developers to devote their valuable time to what makes their apps stand out and not on storing and retrieving data.
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.75 / 5 based on 9 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
5-10 employees
Company's social media followers
2k-3k followers
Total funding
$1-5m
# of funding rounds
4
Latest funding date
June 15, 2022
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2015
dBASE PLUS 10 logo

dBASE PLUS 10

Challenger
Low
dBASE 2019 is the most powerful and easy-to-use database development tool on the market. It offers a wide range of features that make it ideal for both experienced developers and beginners. Here are just a few of the things that make dBASE 2019 so great: A powerful IDE: The dBASE IDE is one of the most powerful and easy-to-use IDEs available. It features a syntax-highlighting editor, a powerful debugger, and a wide range of tools to help you develop your database applications. A comprehensive language: dBASE 2019 supports a comprehensive language that makes it easy to write complex database applications. A wide range of features: dBASE 2019 includes a wide range of features that make it ideal for a variety of database development tasks. These features include support for multiple data sources, a powerful query builder, and a wide range of reporting tools. If you're looking for a powerful and easy-to-use database development tool, then dBASE 2019 is the perfect choice for you.
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
3.80 / 5 based on ~10 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
1-5 employees
Company's social media followers
200-300 followers
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
1979
Versant logo

Versant

Challenger
N/A
Actian NoSQL Object Oriented Database can be customized for your application architecture and production environment based on the particular requirements.
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.30 / 5 based on 2 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
400-1k employees
Company's social media followers
20k-30k followers
ObjectStore logo

ObjectStore

Challenger
N/A
ObjectStore is an object-oriented database development platform for creating high-performance applications that run at in-memory speeds.
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.50 / 5 based on 3 reviews
Market presence
Company's number of employees
200-300 employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
VelocityDB logo

VelocityDB

Niche Player
N/A
VelocityDB offers database systems that are easy to use and leave little footprint.
Basis for Evaluation

We made these evaluations based on the following parameters;

Customer satisfaction
Average rating
4.60 / 5 based on 4 reviews
Market presence
Company's social media followers
50-100 followers
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2011

“-”: AIMultiple team has not yet verified that vendor provides the specified feature. AIMultiple team focuses on feature verification for top 10 vendors.


Sources

AIMultiple uses these data sources for ranking solutions and awarding badges in object-oriented databases:


17 vendor web domains
6 funding announcements
33 social media profiles
33 profiles on review platforms
20 search engine queries

Object-Oriented Databases Leaders

According to the weighted combination of 4 metrics

IBM Db2 logo
Oracle Database Cloud Service logo
InterSystems Cache logo
Visual FoxPro logo
Google Cloud Storage for Firebase logo

What are object-oriented databases
customer satisfaction leaders?

Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current object-oriented databases customer satisfaction leaders:

IBM Db2 logo
Oracle Database Cloud Service logo
InterSystems Cache logo
Visual FoxPro logo
Google Cloud Storage for Firebase logo

Which object-oriented databases solution provides the most customer satisfaction?

AIMultiple uses product and service reviews from multiple review platforms in determining customer satisfaction.

While deciding a product's level of customer satisfaction, AIMultiple takes into account its number of reviews, how reviewers rate it and the recency of reviews.

  • Number of reviews is important because it is easier to get a small number of high ratings than a high number of them.
  • Recency is important as products are always evolving.
  • Reviews older than 5 years are not taken into consideration
  • older than 12 months have reduced impact in average ratings in line with their date of publishing.

What are object-oriented databases
market leaders?

Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current object-oriented databases market leaders:

IBM Db2 logo
Oracle Database Cloud Service logo
InterSystems Cache logo
Visual FoxPro logo
Google Cloud Storage for Firebase logo

Which one has collected the most reviews?

AIMultiple uses multiple datapoints in identifying market leaders:

  • Product line revenue (when available)
  • Number of reviews
  • Number of case studies
  • Number and experience of employees
  • Social media presence and engagement
Out of these, number of reviews information is available for all products and is summarized in the graph:

IBM Db2
Oracle Database Cloud Service
InterSystems Cache
Visual FoxPro
Google Cloud Storage for Firebase

What are the most mature object-oriented databases?

Which one has the most employees?

IBM logo
Google logo
Microsoft logo
DataScience logo
The Apache Software Foundation logo

Which object-oriented databases companies have the most employees?

1,891 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 1,868 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.

In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 9 companies with >10 employees are offering object-oriented databases. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 800k employees. The largest company in this domain is IBM with more than 300,000 employees. IBM provides the object-oriented databases solution: IBM Db2

IBM
Google
Microsoft
DataScience
The Apache Software Foundation

Insights

What are the most common words describing object-oriented databases?

This data is collected from customer reviews for all object-oriented databases companies. The most positive word describing object-oriented databases is “Easy to use” that is used in 8% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Difficult” with which is used in 5% of all the object-oriented databases reviews.

What is the average customer size?

According to customer reviews, most common company size for object-oriented databases customers is 1,001+ employees. Customers with 1,001+ employees make up 57% of object-oriented databases customers. For an average Database solution, customers with 1,001+ employees make up 53% of total customers.

Customer Evaluation

These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all object-oriented databases. Object-Oriented Databases are most positively evaluated in terms of "Overall" but falls behind in "Likelihood to Recommend".

Overall
Customer Service
Ease of Use
Likelihood to Recommend
Value For Money

Where are object-oriented databases vendors' HQs located?

What is the level of interest in object-oriented databases?

This category was searched on average for 446 times per month on search engines in 2024. This number has decreased to 0 in 2025. If we compare with other database solutions, a typical solution was searched 3.3k times in 2024 and this decreased to 0 in 2025.