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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. CockroachDB vs. DolphinDB vs. Lovefield vs. mSQL

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.DolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.dolphindb.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldhughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperCockroach LabsDolphinDB, IncGoogleHughes Technologies
Initial release20162015201820141994
Current release24.1.0, May 2024v2.00.4, January 20222.1.12, February 20174.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoC++JavaScriptC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
JavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFThorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole-based access controlAdministrators, Users, Groupsnono

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