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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. CockroachDB vs. HBase vs. OceanBase vs. Sequoiadb

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQLNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.66
Rank#147  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbwww.cockroachlabs.comhbase.apache.orgen.oceanbase.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-databasewww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperAlibabaCockroach LabsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant GroupSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2015200820102013
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.3.4, January 20214.3.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoCommercial license availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible modeJavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardinghorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using PaxosSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBCockroachDBHBaseOceanBaseSequoiadb
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Key customersOceanBase Database has helped over 400 customers across industries upgrade their...
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Market metricsTPC-C No.1 Performance , achieved a result of 707.35 million tpmC in the TPC-C benchmark...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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