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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. FatDB vs. InfluxDB vs. Rockset vs. YottaDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  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.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewrockset.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.rockset.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach LabsFatCloudRocksetYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20152012201320192001
Current release24.1.0, May 20242.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageGoC#GoC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
hostedDocker
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and Stringsdynamic typingno
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP RESTPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infovia applicationsnono
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsnono
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 RAFTShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlyAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationssimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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CockroachDBFatDBInfluxDBRocksetYottaDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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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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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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