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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. FatDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InfluxDB vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. FatDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InfluxDB vs. YDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
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 .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.24
Rank#68  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score21.47
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.39
Rank#266  Overall
#41  Document stores
#124  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsFatCloudIBMYandex
Initial release20152012201420132019
Current release24.1.0, May 20242.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC#Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
WindowshostedLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric 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.nono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServeryesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infovia applicationsPL/SQL, SQL PLnono
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsyesno
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 RAFTShardingShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factoryesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
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.noyesyes infoDepending on used storage engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
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CockroachDBFatDBIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBInfluxDBYDB
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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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