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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Memgraph vs. RDFox vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Memgraph vs. RDFox vs. YottaDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  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.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasememgraph.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techyottadb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasememgraph.com/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.techyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Memgraph LtdOxford Semantic TechnologiesYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20162012201720172001
Current release6.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languagePythonC and C++C++C
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes infoRDF schemasschema-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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureslimited functionality with using 'rules'
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTreplication via a shared file systemyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers, roles and permissionsRoles, resources, and access typesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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BigchainDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseMemgraphRDFoxYottaDB
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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