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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. BoltDB vs. Drizzle vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. BoltDB vs. Drizzle vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn embedded key-value store for Go.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgreptime.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.greptime.comspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGreptime Inc.Spotify
Initial release20162013200820222014
Current release7.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoC++RustJava
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
GoC
C++
Java
PHP
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPythonno
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPSimple rights management via user accounts
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BigchainDBBoltDBDrizzleGreptimeDBHeroic
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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