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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Derby vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SpaceTime vs. Tibero

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Derby vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SpaceTime vs. Tibero

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonTibero  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.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A secure RDBMS, designed for easy portability from Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comdb.apache.org/­derbyazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.mireo.com/­spacetimeus.tmaxsoft.com/­products/­tibero
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqltechnet.tmaxsoft.com/­upload/­download/­online/­tibero/­pver-20150504-000002/­index.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsApache Software FoundationMicrosoftMireoTmaxSoft
Initial release20151997201020202003
Current release24.1.0, May 202410.17.1.0, November 2023V126, April 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoJavaC++C++C and Assembler
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tibero CLI
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Java
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresTransact SQLnoPersistent Stored Procedure (PSM)
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
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 RAFTnoneFixed-grid hypercubeshorizontal partitioning infoby range, hash, list or composite
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableReal-time block device replication (DRBD)Multi-source replication
Source-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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
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.noyesnono infoplanned for next version
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard (SQL 92, SQL 99)

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