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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. CockroachDB vs. GBase vs. Speedb vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.An embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.gbase.cnwww.speedb.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperCockroach LabsGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.SpeedbOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162015200420201998
Current release24.1.0, May 2024GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoC, Java, PythonC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLStandard with numerous extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoPL/SQL
Triggersnoyesno
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 partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTyesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole-based access controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBCockroachDBGBaseSpeedbTimesTen
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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