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DBMS > Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Firebolt

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Firebolt

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  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.Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from Clickhouse
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.82
Rank#205  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score4.17
Rank#65  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#188  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebolt.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.firebolt.io
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach LabsFirebolt Analytics Inc.
Initial release199920152020
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 availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageC++Go
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnono
Triggersyesnono
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 RAFTdepending on storage layer
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

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