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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. FoundationDB vs. GeoMesa vs. KairosDB vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Spatial DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbraima.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlkairosdb.github.iodocs.raima.com
DeveloperFoundationDBCCRi and othersRaima Inc.
Initial release20162013201420131984
Current release6.2.28, November 20205.0.0, May 20241.2.2, November 201815, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++ScalaJavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infosome layers support typingyesyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnosupported in specific SQL layer onlynonoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlynonoyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layerSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.depending on storage layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagesimple password-based access controlno
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Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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