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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Pinecone vs. searchxml vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Pinecone vs. searchxml vs. SpaceTime

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA managed, cloud-native vector databaseDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument storeVector DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.pinecone.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperPinecone Systems, Incinformationpartners gmbhMireo
Initial release2016201920152020
Current release1.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedWindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoString, Number, 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PythonC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesyes

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