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DBMS > Badger vs. BigchainDB vs. CockroachDB vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison Badger vs. BigchainDB vs. CockroachDB vs. NuoDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.22
Rank#320  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.bigchaindb.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperDGraph LabsCockroach LabsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2017201620152013
Current release24.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoPythonGoC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGoGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, SQL
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesRole-based access controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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