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Asked: 2026-05-11T02:10:21+00:00

I intend to develop a small (Java) application for managing my finances. I believe

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I intend to develop a small (Java) application for managing my finances. I believe I need to use an embedded database, but I have no experience regarding this issue. I tried to look at some of the available products, but I can’t decide which one would be more suitable for me. H2, HSQLDB, Derby and Berkeley DB seem to be good candidates, but I still don’t see how they compare to each other. I appreciate your help comparing them and helping me decide which one to use.

I intend to use Hibernate for my application (unless you would recommend using DBMS-provided API), but I also want to have the ability to edit the database easily using a SQL browsing tool (modifying schema and changing data).

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  1. Either

    • HSQLDB – Used by OpenOffice, tested and stable. It’s easy to use. If you want to edit your db-data, you can just open the file and edit the insert statements.

    or

    • H2 – Said to be faster (by the developer, who originally designed hsqldb, too)

    Which one you use is up to you, depending how much performance and how much stability you need.

    The developer of H2 has put up a nice performance evaluation:
    http://www.h2database.com/html/performance.html

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