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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Databricks vs. LeanXcale vs. SWC-DB vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Databricks vs. LeanXcale vs. SWC-DB vs. TiDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
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.The Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#286  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#130  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score4.09
Rank#72  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.databricks.comwww.leanxcale.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
pingcap.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.databricks.comdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperCockroach LabsDatabricksLeanXcaleAlex KashirinPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20152013201520202016
Current release24.1.0, May 20240.5, April 20218.2.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoC++Go, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
Data schemedynamic schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLwith Databricks SQLyes infothrough Apache DerbySQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Python
R
Scala
C
Java
Scala
C++Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesnono
Triggersnonono
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 RAFTShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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CockroachDBDatabricksLeanXcaleSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTiDB
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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