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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. XTDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance Time Series DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#54  Document stores
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#330  Overall
#45  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comkx.comorigodb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcode.kx.comorigodb.com/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRobert Friberg et alJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current release3.6, May 20181.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonqC#Clojure
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)nolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.NetClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoWrite ahead logyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
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 accountsRole based authorization
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BigchainDBKdbOrigoDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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