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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. CrateDB vs. EsgynDB vs. FoundationDB vs. XTDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionCockroachDB 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.Distributed Database based on LuceneEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#229  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#319  Overall
#141  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#188  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#351  Overall
#47  Document stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comcratedb.comwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docscratedb.com/­docsapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsCrateEsgynFoundationDBJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20152013201520132019
Current release23.1.1, May 20236.2.28, November 20201.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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CockroachDB: A cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed for speed, scale, and survival. Get started for free today with a fully-managed CockroachDB cluster -- leave operations behind and get your app to market faster.CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageGoJavaC++, JavaC++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno infosome layers support typingyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityyessupported in specific SQL layer onlylimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions (Javascript)Java Stored Proceduresin SQL-layer onlyno
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal 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 RAFTShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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CockroachDBCrateDBEsgynDBFoundationDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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The enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Response time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Across all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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The CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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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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