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System Properties Comparison Blueflood vs. eXtremeDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. PouchDB

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NameBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.13
Rank#346  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websiteblueflood.iowww.mcobject.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantpouchdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikiwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperRackspaceMcObjectIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2013200120102012
Current release8.2, 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++ErlangJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemepredefined schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnono
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 availablenono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraActive 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
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes infoOptimistic locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno
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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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