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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. chDB vs. dBASE vs. GBase vs. Kinetica

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. chDB vs. dBASE vs. GBase vs. Kinetica

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonchDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn embedded SQL OLAP Engine powered by ClickHousedBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­chdb-io/­chdbwww.dbase.comwww.gbase.cnwww.kinetica.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdoc.chdb.iowww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperAsthon TateGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Kinetica
Initial release20162023197920042012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c7.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC, Java, PythonC, C++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoClose to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)noStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Bun
C
C++
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
dBase proprietary IDEC#C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesyesAccess rights for users and roles on table level

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