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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Firebolt vs. STSdb

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  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 ClickhouseKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
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
Score0.03
Rank#361  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebolt.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.firebolt.io
DeveloperCockroach LabsFirebolt Analytics Inc.STS Soft SC
Initial release201520202011
Current release24.1.0, May 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageGoC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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.no
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
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 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 controlno

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