DBMS > BigchainDB vs. ClickHouse vs. Datomic vs. EJDB vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. ClickHouse vs. Datomic vs. EJDB vs. OrientDB

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Name

Description

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

A high-performance, column-oriented SQL DBMS for online analytical processing (OLAP) that uses all available system resources to their full potential to process each analytical query as fast as possible. It is available as both an open-source software and a cloud offering.

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Primary database model

Document store

Relational DBMS

Document store

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

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Score	0.79
Rank	#212	Overall
	#36	Document stores

Score	16.34
Rank	#38	Overall
	#23	Relational DBMS

Score	1.59
Rank	#150	Overall
	#69	Relational DBMS

Score	0.27
Rank	#297	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	3.19
Rank	#93	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#7	Graph DBMS
	#14	Key-value stores

Website

www.bigchaindb.com

clickhouse.com

www.datomic.com

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

orientdb.org

Technical documentation

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

clickhouse.com/docs

docs.datomic.com

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

Developer

Clickhouse Inc.

Cognitect

Softmotions

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Initial release

2016

2012

2010

Current release

v24.4.1.2088-stable, May 2024

1.0.6735, June 2023

3.2.29, March 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

AGPL v3

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

limited edition free

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

Apache version 2

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Python

C++

Java, Clojure

Java

Server operating systems

Linux

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS

All OS with a Java VM

server-less

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

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.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)

SQL-like query language, no joins

APIs and other access methods

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MySQL wire protocol
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol

RESTful HTTP API

in-process shared library

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

3rd party library
C++
Elixir

3rd party library
Go

3rd party library
Java

3rd party library
JavaScript (Node.js)

3rd party library
Kotlin

3rd party library
Nim

3rd party library
Perl

3rd party library
PHP

3rd party library
Python

3rd party library
R

3rd party library
Ruby

3rd party library
Rust
Scala

3rd party library

Clojure
Java

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

Java, Javascript

Triggers

By using transaction functions

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

key based and custom

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Asynchronous and synchronous physical replication; geographically distributed replicas; support for object storages.

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

Multi-source replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

recommended only for testing and development

User concepts

Access control

yes

Access rights for users and roles. Column and row based policies. Quotas and resource limits. Pluggable authentication with LDAP and Kerberos. Password based, X.509 certificate, and SSH key authentication.

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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