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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Greenplum vs. Lovefield vs. MaxDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Greenplum vs. Lovefield vs. MaxDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score9.23
Rank#47  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score2.65
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgreenplum.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmaxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.greenplum.orggithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperPivotal Software Inc.GoogleSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release2016200520141984
Current release7.0.0, September 20232.1.12, February 20177.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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