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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. OrientDB vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. OrientDB vs. RDFox

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comkx.comorientdb.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcode.kx.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320102017
Current release3.6, May 20183.2.29, March 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonqJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava, Javascript
Triggersyes infowith viewsHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableRoles, resources, and access types
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BigchainDBKdbOrientDBRDFox
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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