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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Kingbase vs. LokiJS vs. Newts

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Kingbase vs. LokiJS vs. Newts

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.In-memory JavaScript DBMSTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.kingbase.com.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperInterSystemsBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.OpenNMS Group
Initial release20162018199920142014
Current release2023.3, June 2023V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC and JavaJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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.noyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesStandard with numerous extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScriptJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnoneSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono
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