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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. GridDB vs. MaxDB vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GridDB vs. MaxDB vs. Pinecone

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgriddb.netmaxdb.sap.comwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.griddb.netmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperToshiba CorporationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Pinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release2016201319842019
Current release5.1, August 20227.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languagePythonC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesString, Number, Boolean
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelACID
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBGridDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DPinecone
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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