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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. EJDB vs. HBase vs. HugeGraph vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. EJDB vs. HBase vs. HugeGraph vs. RDFox

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeWide column storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperSoftmotionsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBaiduOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20162012200820182017
Current release2.3.4, January 20210.96.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonCJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyes infoalso supports composite index and range index
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared libraryJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Groovy
Java
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javaasynchronous Gremlin script jobs
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasereplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesvia hugegraph-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenoyes infoedges in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissionsRoles, resources, and access types

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