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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Oracle Coherence vs. PouchDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBOracles in-memory data grid solutionJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.mcobject.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencepouchdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencepouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperMcObjectIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014OracleApache Software Foundation
Initial release20162001201020072012
Current release8.2, 202114.1, August 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC and C++ErlangJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesno
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 availablenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyesyes infoLive Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes infooptionallyyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationno
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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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