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DBMS > BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. Lovefield vs. SQLite vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. CockroachDB vs. Lovefield vs. SQLite vs. SWC-DB

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptWidely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.96
Rank#141  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score6.39
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score118.16
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitebasex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.sqlite.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.sqlite.org/­docs.html
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCockroach LabsGoogleDwayne Richard HippAlex Kashirin
Initial release20072015201420002020
Current release10.7, August 202323.1.1, May 20232.1.12, February 20173.45.2  (12 March 2024), March 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoPublic DomainOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safariserver-lessLinux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes infodynamic column typesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBCADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
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
JavaScriptActionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononono
Triggersyes infovia eventsnoUsing read-only observersyesno
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 RAFTnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infovia file-system locksyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsRole-based access controlnono
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BaseXCockroachDBLovefieldSQLiteSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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