DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Databend vs. IBM Cloudant vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Databend vs. IBM Cloudant vs. PouchDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.34
Rank#283  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
www.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantpouchdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.databend.comcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperDatabend LabsIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2016202120102012
Current release1.0.59, April 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languagePythonRustErlangJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxhosted
Linux
macOS
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnono
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 indexesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
BigchainDBDatabendIBM CloudantPouchDB
DB-Engines blog posts

New kids on the block: database management systems implemented in JavaScript
1 December 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

BigchainDB • • The blockchain database.
4 February 2016, bigchaindb.com

Using BigchainDB: A Database with Blockchain Characteristics
20 January 2022, Open Source For You

Blockchain Database Startup BigchainDB Raises €3 Million
27 September 2016, CoinDesk

ascribe announces scalable blockchain database BigchainDB - CoinReport
13 February 2016, CoinReport

7 blockchain firms join Bosch led GAIA-X consortium for vehicle identity - Ledger Insights
13 September 2022, Ledger Insights

provided by Google News

Data Bending: Creating Unique Digital Visual Effects
23 April 2020, RedShark News

Rust and the OS, the Web, Database and Other Languages
21 November 2022, The New Stack

£1.1 Million in AddisonMckee Tube Bending Technologies Provides Dinex with Outstanding OEM Credentials
24 May 2007, news.thomasnet.com

provided by Google News

Cloudant Best (and Worst) Practices — Part 1
18 March 2019, ibm.com

Intro to Enterprise Cloud Storage: How to Set Up a Cloudant Database
1 December 2014, Linux.com

IBM Expands Cloud Database Services with Kubernetes
26 September 2019, EnterpriseAI

IBM Code Engine and IBM Cloudant: Serverless Data and Infrastructure
16 August 2021, ibm.com

IBM to Purchase Cloudant Database as a service (DBaaS) Provider
22 March 2014, App Developer Magazine

provided by Google News

Building an Offline First App with PouchDB — SitePoint
10 March 2014, SitePoint

Getting Started with PouchDB Client-Side JavaScript Database — SitePoint
7 September 2016, SitePoint

3 Reasons To Think Offline First
22 March 2017, ibm.com

Create Offline Web Apps Using Service Workers & PouchDB — SitePoint
7 March 2017, SitePoint

Offline-first web and mobile apps: Top frameworks and components
22 January 2019, TechBeacon

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here