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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. Machbase Neo vs. SpaceTime vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. Machbase Neo vs. SpaceTime vs. Yaacomo

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance Time Series DBMSTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comkx.commachbase.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimeyaacomo.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcode.kx.commachbase.com/­dbms
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMachbaseMireoQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201320202009
Current release3.6, May 2018V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree test version availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonqCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardingFixed-grid hypercubeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorReal-time block device replication (DRBD)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBKdbMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxSpaceTimeYaacomo
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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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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