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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. HarperDB vs. OrigoDB vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. HarperDB vs. OrigoDB vs. Prometheus

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.harperdb.ioorigodb.comprometheus.io
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsorigodb.com/­docsprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsHarperDBRobert Friberg et al
Initial release201520172009 infounder the name LiveDB2015
Current release23.1.1, May 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoNode.jsC#Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemadynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsNumeric data only
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETno infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersnonoyes infoDomain Eventsno
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 RAFTA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByes infoWrite ahead logyes
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 controlAccess rights for users and rolesRole based authorizationno

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