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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented Transactions
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comwww.mcobject.comwww.gigaspaces.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.html
DeveloperAsthon TateMcObjectGigaspaces Technologies
Initial release2016197920012000
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20198.2, 202115.5, September 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC and C++Java, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availableno infoXML can be used for describing objects metadata
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-99 for query and DML statements
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources..NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yesyes
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsyes, event driven architecture
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executors
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control
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BigchainDBdBASEeXtremeDBGigaSpaces
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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