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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. RDF4J vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. RDF4J vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument storeRDF storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comrdf4j.orgrockset.comwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestrdf4j.org/­documentationdocs.rockset.comdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.RocksetSingleStore Inc.
Initial release2016200420192013
Current release8.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonJavaC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
HTTP RESTCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usednoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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BigchainDBRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameRocksetSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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