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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Informix vs. RavenDB vs. SWC-DB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Informix vs. RavenDB vs. SWC-DB vs. Valentina Server

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixravendb.netgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
ravendb.net/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Hibernating RhinosAlex KashirinParadigma Software
Initial release20161984201020201999
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20205.4, July 20220.5, April 20215.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC, C++ and JavaC#C++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesnoyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (RQL)SQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAuthorization levels configured per client per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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