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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Galaxybase vs. Immudb vs. QuestDB vs. STSdb

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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.Scalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgalaxybase.comgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
questdb.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.immudb.ioquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司CodenotaryQuestDB Technology IncSTS Soft SC
Initial release20152017202020142011
Current release24.1.0, May 2024Nov 20, November 20211.2.3, April 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and JavaGoJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like syntaxSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Go
Java
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined procedures and functionsnonono
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 RAFTShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlRole-based access controlno
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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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