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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Galaxybase vs. OpenEdge vs. QuestDB vs. STSdb

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

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  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 platformApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA 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 DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgalaxybase.comwww.progress.com/­openedgequestdb.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Progress Software CorporationQuestDB Technology IncSTS Soft SC
Initial release20152017198420142011
Current release24.1.0, May 2024Nov 20, November 2021OpenEdge 12.2, March 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen 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 JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaStrong typed schemayesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
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
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined procedures and functionsyesnono
Triggersnoyesnono
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 RAFTShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4horizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationSource-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 graphsyesnono
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 controlUsers and groupsno
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