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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Cubrid vs. FileMaker vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Kdb

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Cubrid vs. FileMaker vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Kdb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#309  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storekx.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcubrid.org/­manualswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storecode.kx.com
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleIBMKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20162008198320172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release11.0, January 202119.4.1, November 20212.03.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC, C++, JavaC and C++q
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infovia pluginsyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHPC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Active-active shard replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesNo - written data is immutableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accounts
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BigchainDBCubridFileMakerIBM Db2 Event StoreKdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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