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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Vertica vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Vertica vs. Yanza

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A multi-model DBMS and application serverCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoColumn orientedTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.vertica.comyanza.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.intersystems.comvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014InterSystemsOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardYanza
Initial release20162012199720052015
Current release2018.1.4, May 202012.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languagePythonC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data modelYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.no
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
C++
Java
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesno
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyes, called Custom Alertsyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashno
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BigchainDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseInterSystems CachéVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™Yanza
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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