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DBMS > BigObject vs. CockroachDB vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. CockroachDB vs. PouchDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  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.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitebigobject.iowww.cockroachlabs.compouchdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.cockroachlabs.com/­docspouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Cockroach LabsApache Software Foundation
Initial release201520152012
Current release23.1.1, May 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScript
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
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLno
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyes
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 RAFTSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
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 controlno

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