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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. HugeGraph vs. QuestDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
questdb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docshugegraph.apache.org/­docsquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCockroach LabsBaiduQuestDB Technology IncAlex Kashirin
Initial release2015201820142020
Current release24.1.0, May 20240.90.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemayesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Groovy
Java
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono
Triggersnononono
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 RAFTyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoedges in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlUsers, roles and permissions
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CockroachDBHugeGraphQuestDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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