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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. StarRocks

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#343  Overall
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgreptime.comopentsdb.netwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.greptime.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperCockroach LabsGreptime Inc.currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2015202220112020
Current release24.1.0, May 20243.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoRustJavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnouser defined functions
Triggersnonono
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 RAFTShardingSharding infobased on HBasehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlSimple rights management via user accountsnoRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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CockroachDBGreptimeDBOpenTSDBStarRocks
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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