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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. FeatureBase vs. MonetDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. FeatureBase vs. MonetDB vs. PostGIS

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.featurebase.comwww.monetdb.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.featurebase.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsMonetDB BV
Initial release2016201720042005
Current release2022, May 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoCC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL queriesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding via remote tablesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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