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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Tkrzw vs. YottaDB

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Name

Description

BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assets

A concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet

A fast and solid embedded Key-value store

Primary database model

Document store

Key-value store

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

using the Octo plugin

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Score	0.76
Rank	#216	Overall
	#36	Document stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#385	Overall
	#61	Key-value stores

Score	0.21
Rank	#309	Overall
	#43	Key-value stores

Website

www.bigchaindb.com

dbmx.net/tkrzw

yottadb.com

Technical documentation

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

yottadb.com/resources/documentation

Developer

Mikio Hirabayashi

YottaDB, LLC

Initial release

2016

2020

2001

Current release

0.9.3, August 2020

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

AGPL v3

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPL 3.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Python

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

Linux
macOS

Docker
Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

SQL

Support of SQL

by using the Octo plugin

APIs and other access methods

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

PostgreSQL wire protocol

using the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol

Supported programming languages

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

C++
Java
Python
Ruby

C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

optimistic locking

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using specific database classes

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

Users and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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Recent citations in the news

Using BigchainDB: A Database with Blockchain Characteristics
20 January 2022, Open Source For You

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What is BigchainDB Technology & How it works and the Characteristics?
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