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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. GBase vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GBase vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.gbase.cnquestdb.ioterminusdb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestquestdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#docs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.QuestDB Technology IncDataChemist Ltd.Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162004201420181998
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c11.0.0, January 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC, Java, PythonJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesPL/SQL
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Graph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyJournaling StreamsMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBGBaseQuestDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTimesTen
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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