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DBMS > BigObject vs. CockroachDB vs. GBase vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. CockroachDB vs. GBase vs. SwayDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic 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.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitebigobject.iowww.cockroachlabs.comwww.gbase.cnswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.cockroachlabs.com/­docs
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Cockroach LabsGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Simer Plaha
Initial release2015201520042018
Current release24.1.0, May 2024GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC, Java, PythonScala
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLStandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesno
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 RAFThorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlyesno

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