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DBMS > BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ObjectBox vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ObjectBox vs. Rockset

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.CockroachDB 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 multi-model DBMS and application serverExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitebasex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheobjectbox.iorockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.objectbox.iodocs.rockset.com
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCockroach LabsInterSystemsObjectBox LimitedRockset
Initial release20072015199720172019
Current release11.0, June 202424.1.0, May 20242018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaGoC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemadepending on used data modelyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.noyesnono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
Java
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesnono
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal 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 RAFTnonenoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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