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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. CockroachDB vs. HBase vs. Memgraph vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseCockroachDB 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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comhbase.apache.orgmemgraph.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmemgraph.com/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCockroach LabsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMemgraph LtdSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20142015200820172013
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 201924.1.0, May 20242.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesdynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJavaScript
Triggersnonoyesno
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 RAFTShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infowith snapshot isolationDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissionssimple password-based access control
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