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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Kdb vs. Quasardb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Automatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformHigh performance Time Series DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comcloud.google.com/­datastorekx.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasecloud.google.com/­datastore/­docscode.kx.comdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperAsthon TateGoogleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcquasardb
Initial release2016197920082000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.6, May 20183.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languagePythonqC++
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, details hereyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (GQL)SQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.using Google App Engineuser defined functionsno
TriggersnoCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication using PaxosSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingwith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accountsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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BigchainDBdBASEGoogle Cloud DatastoreKdbQuasardb
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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