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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. LMDB vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. LMDB vs. Snowflake

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.26
Rank#304  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.33
Rank#118  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Score123.20
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.lmdb.tech/­docdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsCCRi and othersSymasSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20162017201420112014
Current release2022, May 20224.0.5, February 20240.9.32, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languagePythonGoScalaC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
Unix
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL queriesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions
Triggersnononono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layernoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesdepending on storage layernoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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