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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. GBase vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. TempoIQ vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. GBase vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. TempoIQ vs. TinkerGraph

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Automatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.gbase.cncloud.google.com/­datastoretempoiq.com (offline)tinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docscloud.google.com/­datastore/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.GoogleTempoIQ
Initial release20152004200820122009
Current release24.1.0, May 2024GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageGoC, Java, PythonJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, details hereyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language (GQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP APITinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsusing Google App Enginenono
TriggersnoyesCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infoRealtime Alertsno
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 range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesMulti-source replication using Paxosnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactionsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)simple authentication-based access controlno

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