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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Immudb vs. PouchDB vs. Tkrzw

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
pouchdb.comdbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.immudb.iopouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperCodenotaryApache Software FoundationMikio Hirabayashi
Initial release2016202020122020
Current release1.2.3, April 20227.1.1, June 20190.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonono
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like syntaxnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnono

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