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System Properties Comparison Cassandra vs. CockroachDB vs. Heroic vs. Quasardb

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NameCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessCockroachDB 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 ElasticSearchDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
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Score103.86
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#250  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicquasar.ai
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookCockroach LabsSpotifyquasardb
Initial release2008201520142009
Current release4.1.3, July 202323.1.1, May 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
JDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"horizontal 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 RAFTShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replication using RAFTyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectRole-based access controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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CockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Payment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Comcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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