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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. QuestDB vs. RDFox vs. STSdb

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  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 performance open source SQL database for time series dataHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#134  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebolt.ioquestdb.iowww.oxfordsemantic.techgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.firebolt.ioquestdb.io/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperCockroach LabsFirebolt Analytics Inc.QuestDB Technology IncOxford Semantic TechnologiesSTS Soft SC
Initial release20152020201420172011
Current release23.1.1, May 20236.0, Septermber 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 PostgreSQLyesSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
Java
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
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 RAFThorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyreplication via a shared file systemnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlRoles, resources, and access typesno
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Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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