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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. QuestDB vs. searchxml vs. SpaceTime

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

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comquestdb.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestquestdb.io/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperQuestDB Technology Incinformationpartners gmbhMireo
Initial release2016201420152020
Current release1.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes 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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesmultiple 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.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesyes
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BigchainDBQuestDBsearchxmlSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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