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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Valentina Server

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument storeSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.86
Rank#210  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score24.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.01
Rank#201  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.18
Rank#331  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.compostgis.netrockset.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperRocksetParadigma Software
Initial release2016200520191999
Current release3.4.2, February 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyes
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.noyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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