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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Heroic vs. QuestDB vs. SingleStore vs. SWC-DB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 ElasticSearchA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#335  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score4.02
Rank#74  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicquestdb.iowww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicquestdb.io/­docsdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperCockroach LabsSpotifyQuestDB Technology IncSingleStore Inc.Alex Kashirin
Initial release20152014201420132020
Current release24.1.0, May 20248.5, January 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 Elasticsearchnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno
Triggersnonononono
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 RAFTShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infothrough memory mapped filesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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