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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. Immudb vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. Immudb vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
postgis.netswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.immudb.iopostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCodenotarySimer Plaha
Initial release20161983202020052018
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.2.3, April 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoCScala
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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 formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like syntaxyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHP.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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