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DBMS > BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Heroic vs. Interbase vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Heroic vs. Interbase vs. Typesense

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.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.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasetypesense.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasetypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsSpotifyEmbarcadero
Initial release20132015201419842015
Current release24.1.0, May 2024InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoJavaCC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 infoexport as XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageno
Triggersnononoyes
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 RAFTShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyesInterbase Change ViewsMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
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.nononoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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