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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BigchainDB vs. jBASE vs. KairosDB vs. Newts

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assets

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2

Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Document store

Multivalue DBMS

Time Series DBMS

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Score	0.51
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#118	Relational DBMS

Score	0.85
Rank	#208	Overall
	#35	Document stores

Score	1.49
Rank	#156	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.67
Rank	#233	Overall
	#20	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.07
Rank	#375	Overall
	#41	Time Series DBMS

Website

alasql.org

www.bigchaindb.com

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

github.com/kairosdb/kairosdb

opennms.github.io/newts

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

kairosdb.github.io

github.com/OpenNMS/newts/wiki

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

OpenNMS Group

Initial release

2014

2016

1991

2013

2014

Current release

5.7

1.2.2, November 2018

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

AGPL v3

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Python

Java

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux

AIX
Linux
Windows

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

optional

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API

HTTP REST
Java API

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

Java
JavaScript

Node.js
PHP
Python

Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

based on Cassandra

Sharding

based on Cassandra

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

selectable replication factor

yes

selectable replication factor

based on Cassandra

selectable replication factor

based on Cassandra

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Eventual Consistency

based on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency

based on Cassandra

Eventual Consistency

based on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency

based on Cassandra

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

simple password-based access control

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