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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.geomesa.orghbase.apache.org
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCCRi and othersApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release2016198320142008
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.0.0, May 20242.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVRO
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHPC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14depending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

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