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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB vs. PouchDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepouchdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latesttechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdoc.nuodb.compouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2016201420132012
Current release7.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptJava, SQLView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersno

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