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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. HarperDB vs. Newts vs. Quasardb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Time Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument storeEvent StoreDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.14
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.eventstore.comwww.harperdb.ioopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.ai
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedHarperDBOpenNMS Groupquasardb
Initial release20162012201720142009
Current release21.2, February 20213.1, August 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonNode.jsJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesnoyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes, using LMDByesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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