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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Hive vs. jBASE

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  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.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.data warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisehive.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datastax.comcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach LabsDataStaxApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release19992015201120121991
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202324.1.0, May 20246.8, April 20203.1.3, April 20225.7
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesoptional
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnonoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
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 RAFTSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFTconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingselectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACID
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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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