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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. HarperDB vs. Hazelcast vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. HarperDB vs. Hazelcast vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP IQ

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A widely adopted in-memory data gridExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Time Series DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.harperdb.iohazelcast.comobjectbox.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.harperdb.io/­docshazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.objectbox.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperHarperDBHazelcastObjectBox LimitedSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20162017200820171994
Current release3.1, August 20215.3.6, November 202316.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonNode.jsJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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 infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnoyes
Triggersnoyes infoEventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infoReplicated Maponline/offline synchronization between client and serverSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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