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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. Rockset

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  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 scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.17
Rank#65  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#188  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#202  Overall
#34  Document stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebolt.iorockset.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.firebolt.iodocs.rockset.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsFirebolt Analytics Inc.Rockset
Initial release201520202019
Current release24.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyes
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Implementation languageGoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedhosted
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
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 RAFTAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTdepending on storage layeryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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