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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. etcd vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. etcd vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. Sadas Engine

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA distributed reliable key-value storeLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.cometcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.comwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
docs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release201619842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032006
Current release3.4, August 2019InterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 20188.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoCqC++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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 infoexport as XML data possibleyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (q)yes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes, watching key changesyesyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Interbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyes
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.noyesyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBetcdInterbaseKdbSadas Engine
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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