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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. GeoMesa vs. JaguarDB vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GeoMesa vs. JaguarDB vs. RDFox

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#356  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#309  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.jaguardb.comwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperCCRi and othersDataJaguar, Inc.Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2016201420152017
Current release4.0.5, February 20243.3 July 20236.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonScalaC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layerMulti-source replicationreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
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.depending on storage layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagerights management via user accountsRoles, resources, and access types

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