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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Quasardb vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Quasardb vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comkx.commanticoresearch.comquasar.aiwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcode.kx.commanual.manticoresearch.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcManticore SoftwarequasardbSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201720092013
Current release3.6, May 20186.0, February 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonqC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesFixed schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes infointeger and binaryyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.noyesCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP APIproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoJavaScript
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailsimple password-based access control
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BigchainDBKdbManticore SearchQuasardbSequoiadb
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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