DB-EnginesExtremeDB: white paper about the mission critical dbmsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Our visitors often compare CockroachDB and IBM Db2 Event Store with Google Cloud Datastore.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  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.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use cases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.57
Rank#64  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#328  Overall
#3  Event Stores
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-store
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-store
DeveloperCockroach LabsIBM
Initial release20152017
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
CockroachDB: A cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed for speed, scale, and survival. Get started for free today with a fully-managed CockroachDB cluster -- leave operations behind and get your app to market faster.
Implementation languageGoC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer addition
Data schemedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtime
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes
Triggersnono
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 RAFTSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTActive-active shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesNo - written data is immutable
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storage
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
CockroachDBIBM Db2 Event Store
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
» more
Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
» more
Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
» more
Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
» more
Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
» more
Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
CockroachDBIBM Db2 Event Store
Recent citations in the news

Economic Volatility and Demands for Flexibility Shape the Future of ...
14 November 2023, PR Newswire

CockroachDB Dedicated is Now Generally Available on Azure
4 October 2023, PR Newswire

The best ORMs for database-powered Python apps
15 November 2023, InfoWorld

CockroachDB hits Azure at last after five-year mission
9 June 2023, The Register

CockroachDB Achieves HIPAA Readiness Along With PCI DSS and ...
15 August 2023, PR Newswire

provided by Google News

How IBM Is Turning Db2 into an 'AI Database'
3 June 2019, Datanami

IBM Builds New Ultra-Fast Platform for Hoovering Up and Analyzing ...
31 May 2018, Data Center Knowledge

Datenmanagement-Software-Familie Was ist IBM Db2?
20 April 2023, Storage-Insider

因應多雲資料處理分析需求,IBM提供專屬預先整合套件
15 November 2019, iThome

IBM發布新Watson AI功能並強化跨多雲端平臺能力
23 October 2019, iThome

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

Application Developer - CockroachDB
Accenture, Charlotte, NC

Backend Engineer, Managed Datastores
Render, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Software Engineer Graduate (Database Team) - 2024 Start (BS/MS)
ByteDance, San Jose, CA

Node.js Developer
Rdsolutions, Mountain View, CA

Engineering Manager, Platform
LaunchDarkly, Remote

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Present your product here