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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. H2 vs. Prometheus vs. XTDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.mcobject.comwww.h2database.comprometheus.iogithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlprometheus.io/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperMcObjectThomas MuellerJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20162001200520152019
Current release8.2, 20212.2.220, July 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC and C++JavaGoClojure
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesNumeric data onlyyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesnolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnono
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
With clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infoby Federationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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BigchainDBeXtremeDBH2PrometheusXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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