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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. MonetDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance Time Series DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comkx.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcode.kx.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMonetDB BVOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200419841998
Current release3.6, May 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 20237.4.1.1, 202111 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonqC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, RPL/SQL
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication
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 or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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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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