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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. VelocityDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#379  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#347  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latesttechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperSADAS s.r.l.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2016201420062011
Current release8.07.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
.Net
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnono
TriggersyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate 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
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication

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