DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Firebird vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Milvus vs. OpenSearch

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Firebird vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Milvus vs. OpenSearch

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  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.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.39
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score22.45
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score845.81
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score1.70
Rank#150  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score14.72
Rank#40  Overall
#4  Search engines
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-servermilvus.iogithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualslearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-servermilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdopensearch.org/­docs/­latest
DeveloperCockroach LabsFirebird FoundationMicrosoftAmazon Web Services
Initial release20152000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase198920192021
Current release23.1.1, May 20235.0.0, January 2024SQL Server 2022, November 20222.3.4, January 20242.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public Licensecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
CockroachDB: A cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed for speed, scale, and survival. Get started for free today with a fully-managed CockroachDB cluster -- leave operations behind and get your app to market faster.Zilliz Cloud – Cloud-native service for MilvusAiven for OpenSearch: Fully managed open source search and analytics suite. Out-of-the-box integrations get you up and running in a couple of clicks.
Implementation languageGoC and C++C++C++, GoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPSQLTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanoyes
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
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 RAFTnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyes
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
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
More information provided by the system vendor
CockroachDBFirebirdMicrosoft SQL ServerMilvusOpenSearch
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
» more
Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
» more
OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
» more
Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
» more
Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
» more
Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
» more
Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
» more
RAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
» more
The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
» more
Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
» more
Milvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
» more
Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
» more
As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
» more
Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
» more
Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
» more
The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesNavicat Monitor is a safe, simple and agentless remote server monitoring tool for SQL Server and many other database management systems.
» more

Navicat for SQL Server gives you a fully graphical approach to database management and development.
» more
Aiven for OpenSearch: Fully managed open source search and analytics suite. Out-of-the-box integrations get you up and running in a couple of clicks.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
CockroachDBFirebirdMicrosoft SQL ServerMilvusOpenSearch
DB-Engines blog posts

MySQL is the DBMS of the Year 2019
3 January 2020, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

The struggle for the hegemony in Oracle's database empire
2 May 2017, Paul Andlinger

Microsoft SQL Server is the DBMS of the Year
4 January 2017, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

show all

Vector databases
2 June 2023, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

CockroachDB 23.2 Enhances Enterprise Architectures with Improved Postgres Compatibility and Built-in Resilience
18 January 2024, PR Newswire

CockroachDB tempts legacy databases to crawl into the cloud age
29 January 2024, The Register

How DoorDash Migrated from Aurora Postgres to CockroachDB
5 December 2023, The New Stack

CockroachDB's Latest Enhancements Focus on Resilience
18 January 2024, Database Trends and Applications

How to Unlock Real-Time Data Streams with CockroachDB and Amazon MSK | Amazon Web Services
6 November 2023, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

DoNot Team's New Firebird Backdoor Hits Pakistan and Afghanistan
23 October 2023, The Hacker News

How to Run Multiple Instances of Firebird Server - opensource for you
31 August 2019, Open Source For You

Top 15 Databases to Use in 2024 and Beyond
4 June 2021, Appinventiv

The Ultimate Open Source Database List Profiling 16 Software Tools
30 May 2019, Solutions Review

EF Core Database Providers
4 January 2019, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

DBCC CLONEDATABASE in Microsoft SQL Server
25 March 2024, Microsoft

Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL injection flaw exploited in the wild
26 March 2024, SC Media

Microsoft's SQL Managed Instance Offers Full Platform Cloud Solution
25 March 2024, Business Insider

Configure Kerberos authentication in Linux clients for Amazon RDS for SQL Server with AWS Managed Microsoft AD ...
13 March 2024, AWS Blog

Creating and Managing Databases Using Microsoft SQL Server
8 December 2023, New York Institute of Technology

provided by Google News

How NVIDIA GPU Acceleration Supercharged Milvus Vector Database
26 March 2024, The New Stack

Zilliz Unveils Game-Changing Features for Vector Search
22 March 2024, Datanami

AI-Powered Search Engine With Milvus Vector Database on Vultr
31 January 2024, SitePoint

Milvus 2.4 Unveils Game-Changing Features for Enhanced Vector Search
20 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

Zilliz Cloud boosts vector database performance
31 January 2024, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

Hybrid Search with Amazon OpenSearch Service | AWS Big Data Blog
19 March 2024, AWS Blog

OCI Search with OpenSearch 2.11 delivers easy access to latest AI innovations
13 March 2024, blogs.oracle.com

Amazon OpenSearch Zero ETL with S3 and New OR1 Instances
12 January 2024, InfoQ.com

Amazon OpenSearch H2 2023 in review | AWS Big Data Blog
15 March 2024, AWS Blog

OCI Search with OpenSearch v2.8: Bridging the future of search
19 September 2023, blogs.oracle.com

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Ontotext logo

GraphDB allows you to link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. Get it free.

Present your product here