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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. TempoIQ vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. TempoIQ vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Scalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)In-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.ehcache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoretempoiq.com (offline)www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.ehcache.org/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleTempoIQOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162009201720121998
Current release3.10.0, March 202211 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languagePythonJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsnoPL/SQL
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, with Cloud Functionsyes infoRealtime Alertsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.simple authentication-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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