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DBMS > Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. JSqlDb vs. PouchDB vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. JSqlDb vs. PouchDB vs. Transbase

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.comjsqldb.org (offline)pouchdb.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docspouchdb.com/­guideswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach LabsKonrad von BackstromApache Software FoundationTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release19992015201820121987
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202323.1.1, May 20230.8, December 20187.1.1, June 2019Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaScriptJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
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 RAFTnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
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 controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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