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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Ehcache vs. InfluxDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  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.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AG
Initial release2015200920132017
Current release23.1.1, May 20233.10.0, March 20222.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaGoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and Stringsyes
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheHTTP API
JSON over UDP
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
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 RAFTSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoDepending on used storage engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnosimple rights management via user accountsRole-based access control
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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