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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Manticore Search vs. MonetDB vs. PostGIS

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument storeSearch engineRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.commanticoresearch.comwww.monetdb.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestmanual.manticoresearch.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperManticore SoftwareMonetDB BV
Initial release2016201720042005
Current release6.0, February 2023Dec2023 (11.49), December 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++CC
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeFixed schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyes
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.noCan index from XMLyes
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding via remote tablesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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