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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. RisingWave vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. RisingWave vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
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.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoreazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.risingwave.com/­databasewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperGoogleMicrosoftRisingWave LabsSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20162017201020221992
Current releaseV121.2, September 202317, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedhostedDocker
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.nonoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsTransact SQLUDFs in Python or Javayes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyes, with Cloud Functionsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
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 integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
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.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and Rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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