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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. HarperDB vs. Stardog vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. HarperDB vs. Stardog vs. VelocityDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.07
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.harperdb.iowww.stardog.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.stardog.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCockroach LabsHarperDBStardog-UnionVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2015201720102011
Current release24.1.0, May 20243.1, August 20217.3.0, May 20207.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentscommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoNode.jsJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemedynamic schemadynamic schemaschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serverno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
.Net
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
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javano
Triggersnonoyes infovia event handlersCallbacks are triggered when data changes
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 clusternoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-ClusterImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and rolesBased on Windows Authentication

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