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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. RocksDB vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. RocksDB vs. Transbase

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  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.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#144  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.98
Rank#91  Overall
#17  Document stores
#14  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#49  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.05
Rank#355  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datomic.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisrocksdb.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datomic.comdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikiwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsCognitectInterSystemsFacebook, Inc.Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release20152012201820131987
Current release24.1.0, May 20241.0.7180, July 20242023.3, June 20239.4.0, June 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyesnoyes
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes
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 RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDyesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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