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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Heroic vs. InfluxDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP IQ

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  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.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#250  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score26.56
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#379  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.sadasengine.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperCockroach LabsSpotifySADAS s.r.l.SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20152014201320061994
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.7.5, January 20248.016.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaGoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
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 infoin enterprise version onlyhorizontal partitioningshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlsimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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CockroachDBHeroicInfluxDBSadas EngineSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Time to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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IoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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InfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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Fastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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Open source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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