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DBMS > Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. Graphite vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. Graphite vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  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.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.00
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#78  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datomic.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datomic.comgraphite.readthedocs.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach LabsCognitectChris DavisSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release19992015201220061992
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202323.1.1, May 20231.0.6735, June 202317, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJava, ClojurePython
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Sockets
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnoyes infoTransaction Functionsnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsnoyes
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 RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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