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DBMS > BigObject vs. Blueflood vs. Realm vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Blueflood vs. Realm vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.04
Rank#338  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#356  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Score9.92
Rank#49  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score5.62
Rank#72  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.ioblueflood.iorealm.iowww.sap.com/­products/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iogithub.com/­rackerlabs/­blueflood/­wikirealm.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­sql-anywhere
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.RackspaceRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019SAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release2015201320141992
Current release17, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)		Linux
OS X		Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows		AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyespredefined schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API		HTTP RESTADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift		C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersnonoyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on Cassandranonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandranoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra		Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigObjectBluefloodRealmSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsNow a part of MongoDB Data Platform , Realm Database is the fast, easy to use, and...
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Competitive advantagesRealm ensures offline-first functionality, meaning apps run smoothly and deliver...
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Typical application scenariosMobile Consumer Apps First-Line Worker Apps
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Key customersCathay Pacific Royal Carribbean Cruise Lines Open Source Database powers apps built...
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Market metricsUsed by 100,000+ developers 2 bn installs Currently used in 40k+ applications in...
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Licensing and pricing modelsRealm database is licensed under the Apache License v2.0.
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