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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Datomic vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS

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Name

Description

BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assets

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Primary database model

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Score	0.76
Rank	#216	Overall
	#36	Document stores

Score	1.55
Rank	#144	Overall
	#67	Relational DBMS

Score	0.78
Rank	#214	Overall
	#4	Spatial DBMS

Score	0.44
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores

Website

www.bigchaindb.com

www.datomic.com

www.geomesa.org

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

Technical documentation

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

docs.datomic.com

www.geomesa.org/documentation/stable/user/index.html

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

Developer

Cognitect

CCRi and others

Initial release

2016

2012

2014

Current release

1.0.7180, July 2024

5.0.1, July 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

AGPL v3

commercial

limited edition free

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Python

Java, Clojure

Scala

JavaScript

Server operating systems

Linux

All OS with a Java VM

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

APIs and other access methods

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

RESTful HTTP API

JavaScript API

Supported programming languages

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

Clojure
Java

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

By using transaction functions

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

depending on storage layer

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

depending on storage layer

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

depending on storage layer

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

depending on storage layer

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

depending on the DBMS used for storage

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Recent citations in the news

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20 January 2022, Open Source For You

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