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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. GreptimeDB vs. Kdb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comgreptime.comkx.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.greptime.comcode.kx.com
DeveloperAsthon TateGreptime Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release2016197920222000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonRustq
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDEC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Pythonuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
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 DBMSno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesSimple rights management via user accountsrights management via user accounts
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BigchainDBdBASEGreptimeDBKdb
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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