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DBMS > Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Prometheus vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Prometheus vs. SAP IQ

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  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.Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
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Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.cockroachlabs.comprometheus.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsprometheus.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperAltibaseCockroach LabsSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release1999201520151994
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202324.1.0, May 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoGo
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric 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.nonono infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCRESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnonoyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
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 RAFTShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoby FederationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
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.yesnonono
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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