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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Graph Engine vs. ScyllaDB vs. Transbase

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  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.A distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#240  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#35  Key-value stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.graphengine.iowww.scylladb.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualdocs.scylladb.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsMicrosoftScyllaDBTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2015201020151987
Current release24.1.0, May 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGo.NET and CC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
.NETLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes, Luayes
Triggersnononoyes
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 partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesoptional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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CockroachDBGraph Engine infoformer name: TrinityScyllaDBTransbase
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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