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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. TigerGraph vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. TigerGraph vs. TinkerGraph

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  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.Industrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent StoreRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.10
Rank#179  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.eventstore.comwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.tigergraph.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsEvent Store Limited
Initial release201520122014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB20172009
Current release23.1.1, May 202321.2, February 202110 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla public licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalitynono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C++
Java
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersnoyesnono
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 RAFThorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoMVCCACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlno

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