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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed 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 extension of H2An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column storeDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tables
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.h2gis.org/­docs/­hometechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperCockroach LabsCNRSHypertable Inc.Microsoft
Initial release20152013200920142012
Current release24.1.0, May 20240.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageGoJavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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 indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCC++ API
Thrift
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infobased on H2noView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
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 RAFTnoneShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infobased on H2selectable replication factor on file system levelnoneyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyes infobased on H2nonoAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signatures

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