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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. BoltDB vs. H2GIS vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. BoltDB vs. H2GIS vs. ObjectBox

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn embedded key-value store for Go.Spatial extension of H2Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeSpatial DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperCNRSObjectBox Limited
Initial release2016201320132017
Current release4.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
GoJavaC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infobased on H2no
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infobased on H2Data sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 datayesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes infobased on H2yes
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