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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. HyperSQL vs. PieCloudDB vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. HyperSQL vs. PieCloudDB vs. SQL.JS

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comhsqldb.orgwww.openpie.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latesthsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperOpenPieAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release201620012012
Current release2.7.2, June 20232.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modeshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
BigchainDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBPieCloudDBSQL.JS
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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