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DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. BigObject vs. CockroachDB vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. BigObject vs. CockroachDB vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesCockroachDB 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.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitepinot.apache.orgbigobject.iowww.cockroachlabs.comgreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgdocs.bigobject.iowww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsBigObject, Inc.Cockroach LabsPivotal Software Inc.
Initial release20152015201520052014
Current release1.0.0, September 202324.1.0, May 20247.0.0, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanoyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal 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 RAFTShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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