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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. OrientDB vs. SwayDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. Transwarp KunDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. OrientDB vs. SwayDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. Transwarp KunDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp KunDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIOLTP DBMS based on a distributed architecture and highly compatible with MySQL and Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#341  Overall
#149  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comorientdb.orgswaydb.simer.autinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­kundb
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSimer PlahaTranswarp
Initial release2016201020182009
Current release3.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language, no joinsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, Javascriptnonoyes
TriggersHooksnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenonoyes

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