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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. JSqlDb vs. SiteWhere vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. JSqlDb vs. SiteWhere vs. VelocityDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorejsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherevelocitydb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoresitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperGoogleKonrad von BackstromSiteWhereVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20162017201820102011
Current release0.8, December 20187.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freepredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST.Net
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsfunctions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyes, with Cloud FunctionsnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Users with fine-grained authorization conceptBased on Windows Authentication

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