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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Spark SQL

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  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.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitySpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.00
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score4.39
Rank#81  Overall
#13  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#44  Relational DBMS
Score19.15
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach LabsInterSystemsApache Software Foundation
Initial release1999201520182014
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202323.1.1, May 20232023.3, June 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoScala
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemadepending on used data modelyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
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 RAFTShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationnone
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 integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlyesno
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AltibaseCockroachDBInterSystems IRISSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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InterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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