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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. SwayDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.39
Rank#274  Overall
#39  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvwww.harperdb.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apidocs.harperdb.io/­docscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudant
DeveloperCloudflareHarperDBIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Simer Plaha
Initial release20162018201720102018
Current release3.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonNode.jsErlangScala
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes infoJSON data typesnono
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1View functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoatomic operations within a document possibleAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

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