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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.In-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation
Initial release2016198320142012
Current release19.4.1, November 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnono
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHPJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnono

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