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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Drizzle vs. eXtremeDB vs. Geode vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Drizzle vs. eXtremeDB vs. Geode vs. WakandaDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeObject oriented DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.mcobject.comgeode.apache.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmgeode.apache.org/­docswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMcObjectOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Wakanda SAS
Initial release20162008200120022012
Current release7.2.4, September 20128.2, 20211.1, February 20172.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++C and C++JavaC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query language (OQL)no
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infoby defining eventsyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Active Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights per client and object definableyes
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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