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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. GeoSpock vs. openGauss vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. GeoSpock vs. openGauss vs. PostGIS

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded 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.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgeospock.comgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
postgis.net
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
postgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach LabsGeoSpockHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release201520192005
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.0, September 20193.0, March 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoJava, JavascriptC, C++, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)ANSI SQL 2011yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesyes
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 RAFTAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)yes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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