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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. EJDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. Informix vs. JaguarDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. EJDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. Informix vs. JaguarDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  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)Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applications
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.jaguardb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2informix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
www.jaguardb.com/­support.html
DeveloperSoftmotionsIBMIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.DataJaguar, Inc.
Initial release201620121983 infohost version19842015
Current release12.1, October 201614.10.FC5, November 20203.3 July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoGPLv2commercial infofree version is availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonCC and C++C, C++ and JavaC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languages
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared libraryADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
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++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsrights management via user accounts

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