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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. NuoDB vs. Pinecone vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. NuoDB vs. Pinecone vs. TempoIQ

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA managed, cloud-native vector databaseScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.pinecone.iotempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdoc.nuodb.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Pinecone Systems, IncTempoIQ
Initial release2016201320192012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesString, Number, Booleanyes
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PythonC#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLno
Triggersyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yes infoTemporary tablenono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Userssimple authentication-based access control

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