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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. CrateDB vs. Dolt vs. HarperDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. CrateDB vs. Dolt vs. HarperDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDistributed Database based on LuceneA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaUltra-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.
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#191  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comcratedb.comgithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.harperdb.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcratedb.com/­docsdocs.dolthub.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCrateDoltHub IncHarperDB
Initial release2016201320182017
Current release3.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaGoNode.js
Server operating systemsLinuxAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoJSON data types
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityyesSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
HTTP REST
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)yes infocurrently in alpha releaseCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupAccess rights for users and roles

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