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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Rockset vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Rockset vs. SurrealDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsWidely used in-process key-value storeA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Document storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.84
Rank#125  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#213  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.91
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.99
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score1.01
Rank#181  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlrockset.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmldocs.rockset.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleRocksetSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20122016199420192022
Current release1.20.3, January 202318.1.40, May 2020v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infocommercial license availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonodynamic typingyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC++Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infoonly for the SQL APIno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes, based on authentication and database rules

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