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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Geode vs. HarperDB vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Geode vs. HarperDB vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgeode.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.HarperDBSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2016200220172013
Current release1.1, February 20173.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaNode.jsC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1JavaScript
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeAtomic execution of specific operationsDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control

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