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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Postgres-XL

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latesttechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release2016201820142014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release0.8, December 201810 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoyes
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.nononoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing RocksDByes 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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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