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DBMS > Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. TDengine

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  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 durabilityTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.87
Rank#200  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#144  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datomic.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
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Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datomic.comdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach LabsCognitectTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release1999201520122019
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202324.1.0, May 20241.0.7180, July 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJava, ClojureC
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnoyes infoTransaction Functionsno
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsyes, via alarm monitoring
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 peersSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
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 development
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlnoyes
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AltibaseCockroachDBDatomicTDengine
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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