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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. SQL.JS

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.57
Rank#250  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#248  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicsql.js.org
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.ehcache.org/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSpotifyAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2016200920142012
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
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 Serveryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnono

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