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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. LMDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. LMDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  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.Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database library
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score4.17
Rank#65  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#188  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score1.75
Rank#127  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebolt.iowww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdb
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.firebolt.iowww.lmdb.tech/­doc
DeveloperCockroach LabsFirebolt Analytics Inc.Symas
Initial release201520202011
Current release24.1.0, May 20240.9.32, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageGoC
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
Unix
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
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 RAFTnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlno

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