DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > BaseX vs. BigchainDB vs. Hive vs. MonetDB

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. BigchainDB vs. Hive vs. MonetDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopA relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.bigchaindb.comhive.apache.orgwww.monetdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homewww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperBaseX GmbHApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookMonetDB BV
Initial release2007201620122004
Current release10.7, August 20233.1.3, April 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesnoyesyes
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorselectable replication factornone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writernoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsyesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
BaseXBigchainDBHiveMonetDB
DB-Engines blog posts

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

XML Injection Attacks: What to Know About XPath, XQuery, XXE & More
18 May 2022, Hashed Out by The SSL Store™

9 Skills You Need to Become a Data Engineer
2 November 2022, KDnuggets

provided by Google News

Using BigchainDB: A Database with Blockchain Characteristics
20 January 2022, Open Source For You

Exploring the 10 BEST Python Libraries for Blockchain Applications
9 September 2023, DataDrivenInvestor

Blockchain Database Startup BigchainDB Raises €3 Million
27 September 2016, CoinDesk

ascribe announces scalable blockchain database BigchainDB - CoinReport
13 February 2016, CoinReport

7 blockchain firms join Bosch led GAIA-X consortium for vehicle identity
13 September 2022, Ledger Insights

provided by Google News

Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Hive 4.0
30 April 2024, GlobeNewswire

ASF Unveils the Next Evolution of Big Data Processing With the Launch of Hive 4.0
2 May 2024, Datanami

Run Apache Hive workloads using Spark SQL with Amazon EMR on EKS | Amazon Web Services
18 October 2023, AWS Blog

18 Top Big Data Tools and Technologies to Know About in 2024
24 January 2024, TechTarget

DataCentral: Uber's Observability and Chargeback Platform
1 February 2024, Uber

provided by Google News

In 2024 the MonetDB Foundation was established for the preservation, maintenance and further development of the ...
31 January 2024, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

MonetDB Secures Investment From (and Partners With) ServiceNow
9 December 2021, Datanami

PostgreSQL, MonetDB, and Too-Big-for-Memory Data in R - Part I - DataScienceCentral.com
6 April 2018, Data Science Central

Test of Time Award for paper on vectorized execution
16 January 2024, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

How MonetDB Exploits Modern CPU Performance | by Dwi Prasetyo Adi Nugroho
14 January 2020, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Present your product here