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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. HBase vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sequoiadb

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.Enterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.postgresql.fastware.comhbase.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperCockroach LabsPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMicrosoftSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2015200820162013
Current release23.1.1, May 2023Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20222.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageGoCJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hostedLinux
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in JavaTransact SQLJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesnono
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 RAFTpartitioning by range, list and by hashShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyessimple password-based access control
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CockroachDBFujitsu Enterprise PostgresHBaseMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseSequoiadb
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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