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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Citus vs. TiDB

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Name

Description

BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assets

Scalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQL

TiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.

Primary database model

Document store

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store

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Score	0.73
Rank	#215	Overall
	#35	Document stores

Score	1.91
Rank	#121	Overall
	#57	Relational DBMS

Score	3.58
Rank	#73	Overall
	#38	Relational DBMS

Website

www.bigchaindb.com

www.citusdata.com

pingcap.com

Technical documentation

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

docs.citusdata.com

docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable

Developer

PingCAP, Inc.

Initial release

2016

2010

2016

Current release

8.1, December 2018

8.2.0, July 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

AGPL v3

Open Source

AGPL, commercial license also available

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Python

Go, Rust

Server operating systems

Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

specific XML type available, but no XML query functionality

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

standard, with numerous extensions

yes

APIs and other access methods

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects

GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy

Supported programming languages

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl

Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

realized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning (by key range)

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Source-replica replication

other methods possible by using 3rd party extensions

Using Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

with TiSpark Connector

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

full support since version 6.6

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

yes

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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Recent citations in the news

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

Scalable blockchain database BigchainDB releases 2.0.0 Beta 6
18 September 2018, CryptoNinjas

Figure 2.7: BigchainDB architecture.
21 October 2018, ResearchGate

IPDB Announced as Public, Planetary-Scale Blockchain Database
1 June 2016, PRWeb

Toyota Taps Blockchain Tech for Self-Driving Cars
4 March 2021, CCN.com

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Microsoft acquires Citus Data, re-affirming its commitment to Open Source and accelerating Azure PostgreSQL performance and scale
24 January 2019, The Official Microsoft Blog

Microsoft acquires Citus Data, creators of a cloud-friendly version of the PostgreSQL database
24 January 2019, GeekWire

Citus Data Announces Citus Cloud Database Support for HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance
13 November 2018, Business Wire

Microsoft acquires Citus Data
24 January 2019, TechCrunch

Microsoft acquires another open-source company, Citus Data
24 January 2019, CNBC

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PingCAP Unveils Major TiDB Enhancements to Power Global Scale and AI-Driven Applications
22 April 2025, GlobeNewswire

Build a data lakehouse in a hybrid Environment using Amazon EMR Serverless, Apache DolphinScheduler, and TiDB
20 March 2025, Amazon Web Services

How TiDB is solving enterprise data challenges with scalability and speed
21 March 2025, YourStory.com

The future of databases in India: TiDB’s answer to modern data challenges
21 March 2025, ET CIO

TiDB Cloud Redefines Data Management for India’s Digital Future
18 March 2025, Analytics India Magazine

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