DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Dgraph vs. Immudb vs. LokiJS vs. RocksDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Dgraph vs. Immudb vs. LokiJS vs. RocksDB

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Name

Description

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

Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMS

An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.79
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	#36	Document stores

Score	1.45
Rank	#156	Overall
	#15	Graph DBMS

Score	0.24
Rank	#305	Overall
	#43	Key-value stores

Score	0.43
Rank	#264	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	3.65
Rank	#85	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Website

www.bigchaindb.com

dgraph.io

github.com/codenotary/immudb
immudb.io

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

rocksdb.org

Technical documentation

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

dgraph.io/docs

docs.immudb.io

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Developer

Dgraph Labs, Inc.

Codenotary

Facebook, Inc.

Initial release

2016

2020

2014

2013

Current release

1.2.3, April 2022

8.11.4, April 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

AGPL v3

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Python

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

Linux
OS X
Windows

BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS

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

Linux

Data scheme

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

SQL-like syntax

APIs and other access methods

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API

gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol

JavaScript API

C++ API
Java API

Supported programming languages

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

JavaScript

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

yes

Sharding

none

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Synchronous replication via Raft

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

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

yes

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

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

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

Planned for future releases

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