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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Kingbase vs. Newts

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Kingbase vs. Newts

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  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.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#265  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.kingbase.com.cnopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperCCRi and othersBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.OpenNMS Group
Initial release2016201419992014
Current release4.0.5, February 2024V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonScalaC and JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoStandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layeryesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
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.depending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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