DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. OpenTSDB vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. OpenTSDB vs. SQream DB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  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 ClickhouseScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBasea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebolt.ioopentsdb.netsqream.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.firebolt.ioopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldocs.sqream.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsFirebolt Analytics Inc.currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsSQream Technologies
Initial release2015202020112017
Current release24.1.0, May 20242022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoLGPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageGoJavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Telnet API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononouser defined functions in Python
Triggersnononono
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 RAFTSharding infobased on HBasehorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlno

More information provided by the system vendor

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

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

More resources
CockroachDBFireboltOpenTSDBSQream DB
DB-Engines blog posts

Time Series DBMS are the database category with the fastest increase in popularity
4 July 2016, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Cockroach Labs Deepens Partnership with Google Cloud, CockroachDB Selected to Join Google Distributed Cloud
9 April 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

DoorDash Uses CockroachDB to Create Config Management Platform for Microservices
14 February 2024, InfoQ.com

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

provided by Google News

10 Best Data Pipeline Tools of 2024 to Boost Your Productivity
20 February 2024, Datamation

Cloud data unicorn Firebolt fires dozens of employees
7 September 2022, CTech

Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets
26 January 2022, TechCrunch

Firebolt vs Snowflake | Data Warehousing Platform Comparison
1 April 2022, TechRepublic

Firebolt, Israeli Cloud Data Warehouse Startup Forklifts Forward
5 January 2021, Forbes

provided by Google News

Comparing Different Time-Series Databases
10 February 2022, hackernoon.com

MapR to help admins peer into dense Hadoop clusters
28 June 2016, SiliconANGLE News

A real-time processing revival - O'Reilly Radar
2 April 2015, O'Reilly Radar

provided by Google News

I SQream, you SQream, we all SQream for … data analytics?
5 October 2023, fierce-network.com

SQream Announces Strategic Integration for Powerful Big Data Analytics with Dataiku
9 February 2024, insideBIGDATA

SQream Joins Samsung Cloud Platform Ecosystem
26 July 2023, Datanami

GPU data warehouse startup SQream lands $39.4M funding round
24 June 2020, SiliconANGLE News

SQream Technologies raises $39.4 million for GPU-accelerated databases
24 June 2020, VentureBeat

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

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

Neo4j logo

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

Present your product here