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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Dgraph vs. GeoMesa vs. JaguarDB vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Dgraph vs. GeoMesa vs. JaguarDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comdgraph.iowww.geomesa.orgwww.jaguardb.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdgraph.io/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.CCRi and othersDataJaguar, Inc.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20162016201420152022
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.3 July 2023v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoScalaC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesRust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesdepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSynchronous replication via Raftdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesno infoPlanned for future releasesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagerights management via user accountsyes, based on authentication and database rules

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