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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. Hazelcast vs. OrientDB vs. ScyllaDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  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.A widely adopted in-memory data gridMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Key-value store
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score6.87
Rank#55  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score3.27
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#15  Key-value stores
Score5.27
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comhazelcast.comorientdb.orgwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasehazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAsthon TateHazelcastOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPScyllaDB
Initial release20161979200820102015
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20195.3.6, November 20233.2.29, March 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesJava, Javascriptyes, Lua
Triggersnoyes infoEventsHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infoReplicated MapMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsno
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 DBMSone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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BigchainDBdBASEHazelcastOrientDBScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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