DB-EnginesextremeDB - Data management wherever you need itEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Altibase vs. CockroachDB

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Our visitors often compare Altibase and CockroachDB with PostgreSQL, MySQL and Apache Druid.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSCockroachDB 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.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#204  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score3.90
Rank#68  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docs
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach Labs
Initial release19992015
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202324.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC++Go
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQL
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal 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 RAFT
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
AltibaseCockroachDB
Recent citations in the news

Altibase is Adopted for Presence Service to Provide User Information and Online Presence
8 April 2019, PR Newswire

Altibase Introduces Online Resharding Which Allows for Non-Stop Data Redistribution and High Performing Scale-Out
7 October 2019, PR Newswire

Altibase Enables a Mega Telco to Have Big Data at Its Fingertips Through Its Cutting-Edge Scale-Out Technology, Sharding
17 September 2018, PR Newswire

South Korean company to provide database solution to Mobicom
10 April 2020, News.MN

provided by Google News

IBM Expands Its Hybrid Cloud and AI Capabilities with CockroachDB Integration
7 May 2025, TipRanks

Cockroach Labs Brings Distributed SQL to IBM LinuxONE and Linux on IBM Z
7 May 2025, StreetInsider

Cockroach Labs Brings Distributed SQL to IBM LinuxONE and Linux on IBM Z
7 May 2025, Longview News-Journal

Cockroach Labs shakes up its licensing to force bigger companies to pay
15 August 2024, TechCrunch

AI Meets Resilience: Cockroach Labs Intros CockroachDB 24.2
2 October 2024, Channel Insider

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here