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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
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Score0.86
Rank#210  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.96
Rank#63  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#218  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#259  Overall
#41  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release20161997201420182014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20234.0.5, February 20240.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScalaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnono
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layernonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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