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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Kdb vs. RDFox

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
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.High performance Time Series DBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score15.00
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#309  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasekx.comwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecode.kx.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release201620122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032017
Current release3.6, May 20186.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonqC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemas
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 indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'user defined functions
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
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 Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesrights management via user accountsRoles, resources, and access types
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BigchainDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseKdbRDFox
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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