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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. FileMaker vs. Hyprcubd vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. FileMaker vs. Hyprcubd vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines 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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Serverless Time Series DBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerhyprcubd.com (offline)postgis.netswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach LabsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHyprcubd, Inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release2015198320052018
Current release24.1.0, May 202419.4.1, November 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoGoCScala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyesno
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 formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (https)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
PHPJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
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 RAFTnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicestoken accessyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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