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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Sequoiadb vs. Vertica vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Sequoiadb vs. Vertica vs. Yaacomo

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoColumn orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.sequoiadb.comwww.vertica.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperSequoiadb Ltd.OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2016201320052009
Current release12.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languagePythonC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyesyes
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 indexesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.yes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
proprietary protocol using JSONADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnoyes, called Custom Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataDocument is locked during a transactionACIDACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBSequoiadbVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™Yaacomo
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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