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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. BigchainDB vs. EXASOL vs. OpenEdge vs. Realm

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Application development environment with integrated database management systemA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.exasol.comwww.progress.com/­openedgerealm.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationExasolProgress Software CorporationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20182016200019842014
Current release1.1.0, April 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaPython
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyesyes infoclose to SQL 92no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
Lua
Python
R
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsyes

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