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System Properties Comparison Badger vs. BigchainDB vs. CockroachDB vs. dBASE vs. OpenTSDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  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.dBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Scalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.25
Rank#315  Overall
#46  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#210  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score6.39
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score12.24
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#147  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.bigchaindb.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.dbase.comopentsdb.net
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperDGraph LabsCockroach LabsAsthon Tatecurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release20172016201519792011
Current release23.1.1, May 2023dBASE 2019, 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoPythonGoJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesGoGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
dBase proprietary IDEErlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersnononono
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 RAFTnoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesno
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BadgerBigchainDBCockroachDBdBASEOpenTSDB
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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