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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. SingleStore vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. SingleStore vs. SQL.JS

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#335  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score4.02
Rank#74  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.singlestore.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.singlestore.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSpotifySingleStore Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20151983201420132012
Current release24.1.0, May 202419.4.1, November 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaC++, GoJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyesyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infovia pluginsnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJDBCFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
PHPBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyesno
Triggersnoyesnonono
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 RAFTnoneShardingSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.no infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno

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