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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Kdb vs. Oracle Rdb vs. WakandaDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  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.High performance Time Series DBMSWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.geomesa.orgkx.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcode.kx.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperCCRi and othersKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Wakanda SAS
Initial release201620142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319842012
Current release4.0.5, February 20243.6, May 20187.4.1.1, 20212.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonScalaqC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)yesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 layeryesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagerights management via user accountsyes
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BigchainDBGeoMesaKdbOracle RdbWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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