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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. GridGain vs. JaguarDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. YugabyteDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  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.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgnitePerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.gridgain.comwww.jaguardb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperCockroach LabsGridGain Systems, Inc.DataJaguar, Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release20152007201519842017
Current release23.1.1, May 2023GridGain 8.5.13.3 July 20237.4.1.1, 20212.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, C++, .NetC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxHP Open VMSLinux
OS X
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)depending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersyesyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes
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 RAFTShardingShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes (replicated cache)Multi-source replicationBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyes, on a single nodeDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsrights management via user accountsyes
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CockroachDBGridGainJaguarDBOracle RdbYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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