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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:34:46+00:00

Has anybody done any benchmarking/evaluation of the popular open-source embedded SQL DBs for performance,

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Has anybody done any benchmarking/evaluation of the popular open-source embedded SQL DBs for performance, particularly write performance? I’ve some 1:1 comparisons for sqlite, Firebird Embedded, Derby and HSQLDB (others I am missing?) but no across the board comparisons… Also, I’d be interested in the overall developer experience for any of these (for a Java app).

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  1. This benchmark from db4o might be helpful. It includes, JavaDB (Built on top of Derby), HSQLDB, SqlLite.

    It seems HSQLDB out-performs its counterparts, especially when writing is concerned. H2, as a successor of HSQLDB, is faster than HSQLDB in both read and write with optimizing, clustering, transaction isolation features.

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