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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. BoltDB vs. Brytlyt vs. Kdb

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. BoltDB vs. Brytlyt vs. Kdb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn embedded key-value store for Go.Scalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.70
Rank#225  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.27
Rank#292  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltbrytlyt.iokx.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.brytlyt.iocode.kx.com
DeveloperBrytlytKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release2016201320162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release5.0, August 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonGoC, C++ and CUDAq
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.nonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Go.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
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 datayesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accounts
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BigchainDBBoltDBBrytlytKdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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