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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. GeoMesa vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GeoMesa vs. SurrealDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph 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
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.geomesa.orgsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201620142022
Current release4.0.5, February 2024v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonScalaRust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes, based on authentication and database rules

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