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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. HyperSQL vs. InfluxDB vs. Realm vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  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.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score6.39
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score4.30
Rank#83  Overall
#45  Relational DBMS
Score26.89
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score4.89
Rank#77  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comhsqldb.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewrealm.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbrealm.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperCockroach LabsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019SAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20152001201320141992
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.7.2, June 20232.7.5, January 202417, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoChange Listenersyes
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 RAFTnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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CockroachDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBInfluxDBRealmSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
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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